TV One News rehashed what we know of the story so far (except now the Wellington City Council isn’t making a decision on whether to upgrade the Embassy Theatre until Wednesday). They reprise Auckland Mayor John Banks’ offer to host ROTK in Auckland. The horror! Yes, we have a refurbished cinema here, the Civic, and it’s a beauty. However the thought of Auckland’s clueless city council trying to throw a world-class street party next to it in that monument to abysmal urban planning, Aotea Square, just makes me ill. [More]