March 29, 2009
“Hawke’s Bay province is, in my opinion, the most suitable for growing vines I have visited,” said Italian wine expert Romeo Bragato at the end of a six month tour of New Zealand in 1895. “The wine industry is an immense source of wealth to a nation.” Bragato’s enthusiasm for Hawke’s Bay viticulture was influenced [...]
February 28, 2009
This month’s article is the second in a series on the history of Hawke’s Bay wineries. Here, Mark Sweet continues the story of the Mission Estate’s early days. The man who introduced the first vines to Hawke’s Bay, Father John Lampila, a Catholic missionary in the Society of Mary, stayed only three years after establishing [...]
February 28, 2009
“What’s so special about the Heretaunga Plains,” Tom asked me when we were talking about Hastings District Council’s Planning for a Sustainable Future document. The Council has identified the Plains as a priority for ‘protection of productive land capacity’. “Because they’re incredibly fertile,” I replied. “Yeah but why?,” he asked, “What makes them so fertile? [...]
February 2, 2009
“Sustainability” is the buzz word of the moment, and may define a transition in thinking and policy, as did “privatization” in the 1980′s, “free markets” in the 1990′s, and this decade’s “globalization.” Recognition is growing that our way of life on Planet Earth is threatened by climate change and ever diminishing resources. The failure of [...]
February 2, 2009
Imagine Hawkes’s Bay without its grapes…without its wineries. Viticulture shapes so much of our regional identity. Yet most of us know only bits and pieces of how the wineries came to be. In many ways, as Mark Sweet will show, the story of the wineries is a fascinating history of Hawke’s Bay. This month’s article, [...]
December 16, 2008
Before colonisation Maori had a justice system in which the community were directly involved in deciding punishment. The death penalty or banishment could be imposed, but the most common punishment was confiscation of the perpetrator’s possessions for the benefit of the victim. Europeans come from a tradition where criminals were paraded in the town centre. [...]
November 13, 2008
Henare O’Keefe’s response to the unprovoked attack on his daughter and son-in-law by Mongrel Mob members was to call for the community to speak out against violence. We did in our thousands by marching through the streets of Hastings. ‘Enough is enough’ was a clear community message to the Mongrel Mob, and other gangs, that [...]
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- Scott Henderson
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- Shaun Lines
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- Stuart Nash
- Tim Gilbertson
- Tom Belford
- Wayne Bradshaw
- Andrew Reyngoud on DAM(N)! A half-billion dollar water storage scheme
- Margaret Donnelly on WATER. What's all the fuss about?
- Elizabeth Sisson on 'Dump Council' campaign
- Paul Bailey on Cows in Karamu Stream
- Rob Pharazyn on Cows in Karamu Stream
- John J Harrison on 5 mayors in HB ... 'Yeah right' says Tui
- Anne Parker on Let's get Council meetings online
- Stuart Nash on 5 mayors in HB ... 'Yeah right' says Tui
- Kylie Fowler on Let's get Council meetings online
- Paul Bailey on Let's get Council meetings online
- ‘Dump Council’ campaign
- Cows in Karamu Stream
- Questions for HB ‘regional study’ director
- Let’s get Council meetings online
- 5 mayors in HB … ‘Yeah right’ says Tui
- Crucial Environment Court hearing underway
- Regional Council warns on pollution standards
- Democracy in action?
- 1+1+1 = 3 hours
- Councils’ reorganization survey results
- Andrew Reyngoud on DAM(N)! A half-billion dollar water storage scheme
- Margaret Donnelly on WATER. What's all the fuss about?
- Elizabeth Sisson on 'Dump Council' campaign
- Paul Bailey on Cows in Karamu Stream
- Rob Pharazyn on Cows in Karamu Stream
- John J Harrison on 5 mayors in HB ... 'Yeah right' says Tui
- Anne Parker on Let's get Council meetings online
- Stuart Nash on 5 mayors in HB ... 'Yeah right' says Tui
- Kylie Fowler on Let's get Council meetings online
- Paul Bailey on Let's get Council meetings online
- ‘Dump Council’ campaign
- Cows in Karamu Stream
- Questions for HB ‘regional study’ director
- Let’s get Council meetings online
- 5 mayors in HB … ‘Yeah right’ says Tui
- Crucial Environment Court hearing underway
- Regional Council warns on pollution standards
- Democracy in action?
- 1+1+1 = 3 hours
- Councils’ reorganization survey results
