This morning in the Herald there was a very cool, positive letter to the editor saying that instead of John Keys asking for money from overseas, maybe it would be a better idea to ask for the top architects, engineers etc. coming over for a think tank to look ahead to redesign Christchurch city.
Taking this thought further - in NZ we have the Lockwood system of building which is supposed to withstand earthquakes really well that is built with pine. We have the biggest pine forests in the southern hemisphere and a huge supply of logs that can be seen ready to leave NZ in ports around the country without having been processed. We have a struggling building industry with many builders not able to get work because of the recession.
Imagine a city, designed by a global team, that would lead the world in state of the art design in an earthquake prone area, all built with NZ resources and manpower.
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