October 11, 2009
Here in Hawke’s Bay, the Regional Council is about to reach a milestone – its twentieth anniversary. The history of Maori settlement in the East Coast, however, is centuries old. So by comparison the Council’s existence and its role, through the eyes of tangata whenua in Hawke’s Bay is a mere blink. The past twenty [...]
September 19, 2008
Thinking about the future of Hawke’s Bay Trend assessment or futures thinking is an increasingly important component of strategic planning. Work being undertaken by Environment Waikato and through the development of an economic strategy in the Greater Wellington region are two examples of its application in regional government. The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s formally adopted [...]











