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280096	2004-10-11 08:56:00	> > We are all paying for Auckland lack of investment > in > > public transport systems. National? > Probably. > Back in the 1970s I worked as a traffic officer for > the Auckland City Council. Sir Dove-Myer Robinson was > the Mayor in Auckland City at that time. Light rail, > ring roads were proposed at that time. I have to > admit that I agreed with him at that time. Even then > I lived in Mount Wellington and shopped in Panmure > and did not go into Auckland City unless I had to. > > Point duty on the intersection of Cook and Hobson St. > I remember it well. Robbie was Right, no one would listen, Tight Wellington government would not invest. now Wellington and everbody else will pay more. I see we have warred before ELE. Were you ever friendly with P. Davies? D.	drb1 (4492)
280097	2004-10-11 09:01:00	Winston, The Data on proportion spent in "Reigon" as oppoesed to Revenue gathered, is considerably harder to get a picture of, conviently, no? Especially if one wished to draw a 40 year time line. D.	drb1 (4492)
280098	2004-10-11 09:21:00	> ElE, > > 43 in toke would have to be rather nice, but you can > not deny you mainstay is still boom and bust > forestry. Forestry is still going in Tokoroa. Less so that it was. Shops in Tokoroa are less so than they used to be. No Farmers that used to be here. Kinleith used to boast about 4000 employees but now has about 400. Carter Holt just want to sell forests and just process logs and products. I still see heaps of logging trucks on the road. Recently some previously growing forest bits have been converted to Dairy Farms after having been logged. > My industry, in your area forest. > > We both know what is really happening there at the > moment. > > My goddaughters parents just dumped their home in > Pataruru for this reason. Putaruru has been going downhill for yonks. Tirau on the other hand has made itself into a craft centre. The town seems to be doing well there. When you say they dumped there home what do you mean? Did they just walk out? > Your in dairy, your reasonably safe. > > What about all the now unemployed or retrenched mill > workers down the road. Have they all gone to JAFA land? Who knows. I did work for Tokoroa Buses and took these so called workers to work. Amazing how quite a few would take Wed, Thu and Fri off and work double shifts on Sat and Sun for penal rates. My brother in law worked at Kinleith for yonks and still has a job in Tokoroa as a fitter after being made redundant at Kinlieth. He is about the same age as I am. He received redundancy money. Over 60 and can still get a job in Tokoroa.	Elephant (599)
280099	2004-10-11 09:30:00	> > I see we have warred before ELE. Were you ever > friendly with P. Davies? Warred??? I post as I see it. Remind me who P.Davies is and where I may have met Him/Her.	Elephant (599)
280100	2004-10-11 09:36:00	Well.. all you Non-Aucklanders, I paid $4.00 for a 2lt of milk tonight.. (the coke was 2 for $4.00) Seems the money is in dairy farming ..	fairway (5932)
280101	2004-10-11 10:24:00	>Everyone goes on about how its not fair that the rest of the county has to pay to fix Auckland. But if it wasnt for Auckland then NZ would more third world than it already is. Quite frankly I would be quite happy if it was cut adrift. Part of Auckland's problem is that so many immigrants settle there. One in five people in Auckland were not even born in this country.	mikebartnz (21)
280102	2004-10-11 10:28:00	>A large proportion of the countries wealth is created in Auckland, Wrong the largest part of NZ's wealth is still produce from primary produce. When the farmers do well so does the rest of the country although the effects tend to take longer to hit Auckland.	mikebartnz (21)
280103	2004-10-11 10:33:00	>If it wasnt for the like of Fonterra then the men and woman who directly generate our wealth would be a lot worse off. If it wasn't for Fonterra the dairy farmers could be getting more money for their dairy fat. Their was one provincial factory that paid out about $1 per kilo more than Fonterra.	mikebartnz (21)
280104	2004-10-11 10:35:00	>Having such a large proportion of the countries population situated in one place has immense benefits for the rest of the country. Name one.	mikebartnz (21)
280105	2004-10-11 10:36:00	Geeezzzee Mike .. you've taken the milk out of my lattee... NZ wouldn't exist without us Aucklanders paying absolutely rediculous prices for your Milk? And look at all the highly skilled migrants we re-train and send down to those quiet little towns .. admit it .. you would sink if you cut us adrift	fairway (5932)
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