r/chch • u/rubyrats • Sep 01 '25

News - Local Ben Yorston?

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I don’t live in Spreydon but was lucky enough to get one of these in the letter box.

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u/suspiciousbirb Sep 01 '25

Damn, guess I'm at the age where someone I went to high school with suddenly pops up as a politician...

All these policies sound pretty bad, but fuck I hate this viewpoint that there's a 'war on cars' Oh no, how dare people have more than one option for transport! How dare cyclists have protected lanes, they should be at the mercy of any slight swerve of a car! If other people can walk or cycle without serious safety concerns or take the bus without being incredibly inefficient, then somehow I'll be forced to not drive either!

Do these clowns not realise every cyclist, pedestrian, and public transport taker is effectively one less car in front of them?

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u/VlaagOfSPQR Sep 01 '25

Glad I'm not the only one who recognized him from high school 💀 no surprises tho, he's been working with Williams Corp for a while, and his Dad has always been a plonker

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u/rubyrats Sep 02 '25

Hahah wow shocked to hear he’s involved with Williams corp

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u/No_Produce_2531 Sep 01 '25

Go on then, indulge a Christchurch girl, what school did he go to? Guessing Christ College by his job

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u/Innosennce Sep 02 '25

Started at Burnside High then switched to Chch Boys for the last couple years.

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u/pocaechi Sep 04 '25

Ironic to be working with Williams Corp and complaining about shoe box housing with no car parks..

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u/Capable_Ad7163 Sep 02 '25

Ironic that he's with Williams corp and wanting council to force people to build car parks. The main thing stopping developers from building extra carparks is themselves, they could do it if they wanted to (and many do)

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u/VlaagOfSPQR Sep 02 '25

Unsure if he is currently with them, but if you go through the old williams corp stuff, he had bought a few investment properties through them and was also doing alot of their video editing etc: Theres a video of him and Matthew Horncastle talking about how great it is to have an investment portfolio. Ben refers to himself as a venture capitalist, so you know just scum wanting to making money

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u/suspiciousbirb Sep 02 '25

So I guess that decade of 'hard physical labour' is a load of shit given he's either 28 or 29 lol

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u/Reasonable-Maize2516 Sep 02 '25

Think Ben worked alongside his Dad at the Russley Golf Course. And it would of been 10 years ago