Monday, 5 July 2021, 4:24 pm
I was encouraged to hear Nicola Willis, National Party s
spokesperson on housing, make the key point that the central
problem in New Zealand s housing crisis is that of people
being squeezed
out of the private rental market. I made this point and
more in detail earlier this year (Solving
the Housing Crisis: Making Homes, 30 March). Note that
being squeezed out need not mean an eviction or a
discontinuation of a tenancy; it could refer to people being
squeezed out from entering the market in the first place,
squeezed out by city land hoarders refusing to supply the
Article – Keith Rankin I was encouraged to hear Nicola Willis, National Party’s spokesperson on housing, make the key point that the central problem in New Zealand’s housing crisis is that of people being squeezed out of the private rental market . I made this point and …
I was encouraged to hear Nicola Willis, National Party’s spokesperson on housing, make the key point that the central problem in New Zealand’s housing crisis is that of people being squeezed out of the private rental market. I made this point and more in detail earlier this year (Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes, 30 March). Note that being ‘squeezed out’ need not mean an eviction or a discontinuation of a tenancy; it could refer to people being squeezed out from entering the market in the first place, squeezed out by city land hoarders refusing to supply the market for rental houses.
Friday, 2 July 2021, 4:28 pm
On Monday, as I drove from Kerikeri to Kamo, on Radio New
Zealand Kathryn Ryan was interviewing
students from Christchurch Girls High School, who were
commenting on vague but serious claims of sexual abuse, with
the finger being pointed mainly at Christchurch Boys High
School pupils.
It was a discomforting listen, and my
passing thoughts included three movies: The Crucible (set in
the 1690s), Heavenly Creatures (set in the 1950s), and
Clockwork Orange (set in the 1960s). My thoughts also
drifted to the Christchurch Civic Creche case (early 1990s),
where a number of women and one man were charged with
The second album from the long-defunct Ohio band, featuring Giant Claw s Keith Rankin, developed a cult following online and is now on vinyl for the first time