re: Some background to Christchurch

2019-03-28 Thread Luke Munn
Hey Douglas, Nice to hear from you. Really interesting perspective and I appreciate hearing about some of the 'on the ground' conditions in Wellington and Christchurch. I do agree that if the Springbok Tour of 1981 was one inflection point, then Christchurch in 2019 is another. How do we rebound

Re: Some background to Christchurch

2019-03-27 Thread Douglas Bagnall
On 26/03/19 9:44 AM, Luke Munn wrote: > Sure, the Springbok protests were hugely formative, but I would say boiling > anything down to one event is placing too much emphasis on it. > > With respect, dating the 'beginning' of inequalities and civil unrest back > to 1981 is also a pretty Western/wh

Re: Some background to Christchurch

2019-03-26 Thread Iain Boal
Thank you, Luke. Furthermore, your country - I learnt this from two ‘Kiwi’ plumbers currently living in Brixton and with whom I occasionally carouse - is impressively in the van with respect to counter-seismic building codes. As I understand it, new and retrofitted houses in eg Christchurch, ly

Re: Some background to Christchurch

2019-03-25 Thread Luke Munn
Sure, the Springbok protests were hugely formative, but I would say boiling anything down to one event is placing too much emphasis on it. With respect, dating the 'beginning' of inequalities and civil unrest back to 1981 is also a pretty Western/white perspective. Aotearoa has a long history of c