The demise of the first floor

I would imagine if anyone wanted to rent space in an upstairs location in the Masterton CBD, for whatever reason, the choices would be wide-ranging. Casting my gaze skywards it seems that there are a large number of vacant spaces in areas that were once considered prestigious. Has our aging population lost the will to walk up stairs or is there just too much available space at ground level that is reasonably priced and more convenient?So...

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The good, the bad and the ugly

I was amused at the way the anti-1080 brigade ducked for cover when one of their cowardly collaborators sought to blackmail our significant baby formula industry sending the government into a tailspin. The holier-than-thou protest group were quick to distance themselves from the unknown perpetrator. No doubt many of these folk are sincere and genuine about their protestations despite the 2011 report of the Commissioner the Environment...

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An institution to be proud of

Mischievous rumours circulate from time to time about how the Wairarapa hospital is going to close. I hear these more often than I’m comfortable with and of course they are ridiculous. The Wairarapa simply couldn’t operate as a healthy modern society without its own hospital unless its citizens were all allocated Martin Jetpacks - and even then there would insurmountable complications.Those heady days when we all put our hands around...

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So just how bad is the problem?

There is a school of thought, albeit quite small I would imagine, who believe Barack Hussein Obama is a closet Muslim. There will be more than a modicum of paranoia among this disparate group although they apparently do have a champion in the form of billionaire property developer Donald Trump.The fact that Obama is reluctant to march in an army of foot soldiers to defeat the Islamic State militants adds fuel to their fire as they claim...

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