August 21, 2010
The recent well-publicised problems of our regional economic development agency (EDA), Venture Hawke’s Bay and their budget woes suggests that once again we need to re-assess what is the role of local authorities in economic development. This question is even more poignant when we recall that our EDA over the last 10 or so years [...]
May 17, 2010
Great Climate … But No Jobs By Murray Douglas, CEO, HB Chamber of Commerce A couple of years ago I was involved in a stand at a Jobs Expo in Auckland. We were there at a time when Hawke’s Bay was suffering from some skill shortages, and a number of businesses co-ordinated by the Chamber [...]
February 15, 2010
Thankfully the 2009 economic roller coaster is behind us. 2010 is still going to be challenging, although with the credit crunch is well behind us and business confidence levels rising, we have a more stable – if not positive – outlook. Sadly in Hawke’s Bay, we are still suffering some residual outcomes of 2009 both [...]
August 31, 2009
The size of local government units has been a major debate in New Zealand for many years. And the process of local government consolidation is often contentious, easily degenerating to the level of bumper sticker simplicities. In local government, “amalgamation” to some people is a dirty word, while “status quo” can be sweet and acceptable. [...]
December 16, 2008
While Hawke’s Bay has to think and work through the implications of the global credit meltdown, a more potentially insidious issue has crept through the backdoor. It came about through a well researched, quiet paper considered by the Hawke Bay Regional Council last week. Back in 2004, the Ministry for the Environment promoted legislation which [...]
November 13, 2008
Pleasingly, I am not going to talk about the election. But I am going to talk about the local state and especially the Councils on the Heretaunga Plains. Local Government under its Act has only one purpose: “to enable communities plan for their future.” Yet we find so much of local government reactive, responding squeaky [...]
September 19, 2008
As the Cheshire Cat said to Alice in Wonderland, any road will do when you don’t know where you are going. I often think we are a bit like this in Hawke’s Bay. We have plenty of opportunities and alternate roads. Our guide posts are often confused by five different councils, a plethora of government [...]
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- Will the Beehive reform local government?
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- Give this speech in Hawke’s Bay, Minister Smith – Part 2
- Give this speech in Hawke’s Bay, Minister Smith
- Regional Council approves regional performance study
- Drilling into fracking
- Hawke’s Bay study terms should advance
- “I can see my toes!”
- Paratene Matchitt at his finest
