FASTER THAN A FAST THING

Aucklanders are in for a shock - something is going to happen. After living for decades in a political cloud of inertia we have a Royal Commission - some findings , a Government with a will to make it happen quick fast and a Minister who will make it happen.

It the Words of BB's dad, "they wont know if their arse is bored, punched or countersunk", such is the speed of the changes - Key has said that he wants everything in place for the local body elections next year.

Rodney Hide says he can do it. We know he can.

Now we are in Auckland tomorrow and Thursday on a couple of missions, we like visiting but wouldn't like to live there. Too big. We like little big Wellington and our green acres but even if we will never live there, we recognise that in the tangled ribbons of highways and hodge podge of sprawled out suburbs, Auckland is an integral part of the NZ economy. So it needs a better system of government.

And we like it that the Chairman of the Board, John Key has set a target for the project and Rodney is project manager.

Good stuff. Good for Auckland and very good for New Zealand.

And when they are finished up there, can the Government turn its sights on Wellington - too many fiefdoms here as well.