Storm drain an afterthought?

“Perhaps someone in charge of the reclamation work in Avarua can explain why, moments after the job was ’done’, a good portion was dug up again so that a quite massive storm drain could be installed? Can it be as simple as the designers just did not have the slightest idea what they were doing and no one noticed they had forgotten to deal with the storm drain? Bigger questions: what is this costing and who is paying?” A smoke signaller writes: “I have been reading in the paper about those claiming to be the only kopu ariki of Ngati Makea, which is the Rangi Makea, Upokotokoa, Mere, and Sadaraka, and all these are descendants of Makea Tinirau.

“Perhaps someone in charge of the reclamation work in Avarua can explain why, moments after the job was ’done’, a good portion was dug up again so that a quite massive storm drain could be installed? Can it be as simple as the designers just did not have the slightest idea what they were doing and no one noticed they had forgotten to deal with the storm drain? Bigger questions: what is this costing and who is paying?” A smoke signaller writes: “I have been reading in the paper about those claiming to be the only kopu ariki of Ngati Makea, which is the Rangi Makea, Upokotokoa, Mere, and Sadaraka, and all these are descendants of Makea Tinirau.