Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: A tour of New Zealand’s best outdoor pools, a timely rewatch of a 2001 documentary and the joy of watching grass grow on Country Calendar. But first: Joel MacManus attends James Cameron’s Vision for Wellington event.
“Vision for Wellington, the political supergroup founded by some of Wellington’s wealthiest and most powerful people, held its first event at the Michael Fowler Centre on Wednesday night. It was hosted by journalist Patrick Gower and featured a panel made up of James Cameron (director of Avatar and Titanic), Emma Procter (research manager of PikPok gaming studio) and Stuart Niven (urban designer who worked for Wellington City Council in the 1980s and 90s). The event drew a crowd of 1000, a genuinely impressive number for a two-hour panel discussion about local government. The production quality was slick, and Gower kept the questions quick and lively, but the talk was sorely lacking in substance. For attendees who expected a right-wing political rally, it was disappointing. For those who wanted to hear fresh ideas about urban development, there was very little. And for those who came to see celebrity film director James Cameron, he turned out to be much less compelling on stage than behind the camera.”
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