Thread: An open letter to Fish and Game

Do you have any understanding of economics and how regional economic growth benefits the whole region?]

by hiring foreign labour at minimum wage for instance.
you address the question for a change instead of getting on a high horse

what other private bussiness group gets a 400 million government hand up that doubles their land values overnight

just one will do.

Originally Posted by gsp follower

by hiring foreign labour at minimum wage for instance.
you address the question for a change instead of getting on a high horse


just one will do.

All I have asked you to do is to back up the comments that you have made - which you have struggled to do.

Given what farmers have to invest in the irrigation scheme and what they pay on a yearly basis to keep it running, I'm not convinced that it would 'double their land values overnight'. But then I'm not a Canterbury land agent, you might be?

But I will answer your question....

The government is currently building 'Transmission gully' and a motorway that will run from Wellington to north of Levin. This in effect makes the Kapiti coast and Horowhenua a lot closer to Wellington in terms of travel time. The area is becoming even more popular with people working in Wellington because of the shorter commute. The region is growing, businesses are relocating here and jobs are being created. As a result house prices are moving up significantly.

To be clear, the government are not doing this to increase the values of peoples houses, they are doing it to create efficiency and to stimulate growth. The increase in house prices is a positive externality.

As a result house prices are moving up significantly.

To be clear, the government are not doing this to increase the values of peoples houses, they are doing it to create efficiency and to stimulate growth. The increase in house prices is a positive externality.

house prices rising in welly has fuck all to do with transmission gully try housing shortages due to lack of supply and increased student numbers.
students paying a 1000 bucks a week for a caved in front yard luvly jubly.
how much have the house prices risen of those houses in the way or close to the new motor way.
yes some will be quids in like the guy we used to rent from whose land bought 20 to 30 years ago his investment will come good when they compulsory aquire it.

I'm not convinced that it would 'double their land values overnight'. But then I'm not a Canterbury land agent, you might be?

okay you best guess will do.
non irrigated only partially able to be used for other than growing grass at certain times of the year,as against fully irrigated guareenteed supply year round mmmmm
stop taking the michael

The government is currently building 'Transmission gully' and a motorway that will run from Wellington to north of Levin. This in effect makes the Kapiti coast and Horowhenua a lot closer to Wellington in terms of travel time. The area is becoming even more popular with people working in Wellington because of the shorter commute. The region is growing, businesses are relocating here and jobs are being created. As a result house prices are moving up significantly

yea fuckin finaly
what a load of bullshit the region aint and probably never will recover from the flight of most head offices of companies moving to Auckland and making most of those in their wellington ops redundant
.the closing of todd motors gm all the works depots railways shops severly fucked the supply of apprentices cos the market will take over and train whats needed.
another line of money grubbing bullshit.
not to mention funding private capital gain against public infrastructure is two totally different things