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Is the 'meaning of life so elusive? It seems to me that modern man is happy to live half of his life in the physical and social enviroment of life, the breeze in the face, one on one interaction with the spoken word, sports, the nurturing of plants and watching the new buds unfold for the first time. Is it possible that our thoughts and machinations, our hidden emotions, what happens within both our conscious and subconscious minds are not really hidden and along with our life in the so-called' real world' are all part of a cosmic play? Perhaps it is all put 'out there' and forms a 'cosmic blog'

Life's a blog'

Life's a blog it can be said,

Blogged upon a cosmic web,

REVERSE THE POLICE AND TRANSPORT AMALGAMATION OF 1992.

It appears that we have been in danger of seeing only one tree (The Aramoana Woolshed) rather then the forest which surrounds it on this issue. As the mist is lifted by public awareness and factors which council has locked up in camera start to become revealed, we start to see that the woolshed may only be part of the equation. What connection if any, is there between some of the principle characters in this issue and the private subdivision of many building sections at Aramoana? Could the woolshed complex serve also as a community centre for the greatly extended Aramoana community? Who are the owners and developers of the subdivision and would not a ratepayer sponsored community hall and social facility add greatly to the saleability of that subdivision? I wonder if with a social facility in place,the new ratepayers will be lumbered with the same over-the-top rates as the more modest dwellings at Porangahau Beach?

WAS THERE A REAL COUNCIL CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

In revealing that it was ex-CHB District Councillor Rod Hansen who initiated the 'conflict of interest' complaint against two councillors who voted against the woolshed deal in principle, Councillor Story has, by accident I am sure, effectively shown that the rest of council has a possibly larger conflict of interest than alleged against councillors Story and Sally Butler.

The suggestion that councillors who voted against CHBDC's aquisition of the Aramoana Woolshed had a' conflict of interests' seems to have been somewhat of a damp squib in so far as the office of the Auditor-General is concerned. I am informed by the A-G's Office that they do not have a role in issuing opinions in such matters in so far as they refer to particular cases. It appears that only the law-courts can determine if such an alleged conflict would amount to a breach of the law I am sure, that most local ratepayers do not want further unproductive expenditure of rates in legal posturing and gambits to try and force through the very unpopular Aramoana Woolshed aquisition. In my opinion, there are only two democratic alternatives for Council to extricate itself from this undemocratic disaster it has created for itself.

Knowledge is power and geek is chic (That's 'geek 'sheek'' to all you no-hopers out there). If you're a cyber whiz who is plugged into the pop-culture world of sci-fi, fantasy, comic books and cult horror, maybe even the master of a Web shrine devoted to such once-arcane matters, you don't just rule- you rock.

Ok, so my brother and I decided to do something physical rather than play xbox all day (among other things). And why not re-visit a craze at the same time? I found a long-forgotten play toy when I was tidying up my room the other day, and the next thing you know, we're trying to haggy this little thing around in the living-room (it was pouring with rain at the time.)

Everyone in CHB should make an effort and get along to Waipawa M&D's Guys n Dolls.  I went to the opening night and was once again, thoroughly entertained.  We are so lucky to have such a lot of talent here in CHB.