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...blame, and less government is not to blame. A society that promotes dependence on government to always get it out of difficulties has only itself to blame. The problems caused in the wake of the hurricanes could have been avoided if people had taken responsibility for themselves. Murray Hills Auckland, New Zealand...
...blame, and less government is not to blame. A society that promotes dependence on government to always get it out of difficulties has only itself to blame. The problems caused in the wake of the hurricanes could have been avoided if people had taken responsibility for themselves. Murray Hills Auckland, New Zealand For Gradual Reform I'm not sure Germany's election stalemate proved that the political system is in crisis [Oct. 3]. Did it mean the German people deeply oppose political reform? I don't think so. They are divided, however, about the pace and degree of change. Those...
...Sydney's loss has been Brisbane's and Auckland's gain. Voted the most popular design of those shortlisted for the MCA was an elegantly fanned Moving Image Museum at the Harbour Bridge end of the site. Its architect, Sydney's Richard Francis-Jones, now finds himself at the helm of the Auckland redevelopment. With the original 1887 French chateau?style building overrun by storage and an unwieldy airconditioning system, Francis-Jones was faced with a similarly tricky heritage site. His solution has been to restore the existing spaces and double their area with what he calls a "hovering canopy...
...With the current museum split between the old clock-tower building and a contemporary wing across the street (the restored telephone exchange is now celebrating its 10th birthday), the plan for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki 2009 is to seamlessly blend the two. Here audiences will be able to segue from a McCahon to a Moore, a Picasso to a Parekowhai. And if anyone can architecturally blend the old with the new, it's Francis-Jones (whose firm FJMT is overseeing the works with Auckland's Archimedia). In June, his redesign for the Sydney headquarters of the Historic Houses...
...factors have brought about what Macgregor calls "the contemporary moment" now flourishing on both sides of the Tasman. In Auckland, it was an antiquated building at odds with the growing demand and stature of modern art - a problem embarrassingly revealed when the gallery was unable to accommodate Michael Stevenson's Trekka car from the Venice Biennale because of insufficient space. Director Saines expects visitor numbers to double to 500,000 a year when the new gallery opens in 2009. In Brisbane, says director Hall, the catalyst was government-driven "cultural diplomacy," putting the state's engagement with Asia...