December 18, 2010
Hopefully you’ll regard this as a ‘keeper’ issue of BayBuzz Digest. We devoted several pages to the Top 100 Buzzmakers of 2010 … a heap of heroes. If you agree with each and every selection of this list, I’ll be shocked. I’m surprised myself at some of people on it, given that I’ve had my [...]
December 18, 2010
Who Makes A Difference In Hawke’s Bay? Top 100 Buzzmakers 2010 (see list below) Back by popular demand! For the second year, BayBuzz has attempted to identify one hundred individuals in Hawke’s Bay who make an uncommon impact on the well-being of the region. How can one make an uncommon impact? By excelling in some [...]
December 18, 2010
Apples: A Growing Business? By Tom Belford “We’re very good at boom and bust,” said Leon Stallard, commenting on the economic fortunes of the apple industry. Stallard is chairman of Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers Association, representing the Bay’s 210 registered growers. Recent media headlines send mixed signals. “Receivers sell apple concerns” and “Growers face poor returns” [...]
November 11, 2010
With a return of voting papers that slightly exceeded 2007, voters in Hawke’s Bay opted for business as usual in the recent local body elections. Across the four governing bodies covered by BayBuzz — Hastings Council, Napier City Council, Regional Council and District Health Board — the voting results were, not surprisingly, a reflection of [...]
November 11, 2010
When he received news on October 9th that his 1,322 votes had won him election to his first full term on the Regional Council, I doubt Fenton Wilson’s first thought was … “Aha! Now I can depose Alan Dick as Chair.” And when Alan Dick received word that his 10,134 votes had secured his re-election, [...]
November 11, 2010
As the environmental challenges confronting Hawke’s Bay multiply and get more complex, our Councils will need to work harder and harder to master the technical issues, understand the economic dimensions, and bring competing aspirations into a sustainable balance. Most important is that our decision-makers do not fall into the trap of viewing protecting our natural [...]
August 11, 2010
As I talk to people around the Bay, and consider the issues they raise in emails and phone calls, concerns for our region’s environment come up over and over. These concerns come from across the spectrum, in many shades of green – from conservative businessmen who value clean rivers in which to enjoy fishing, to [...]
Guest Writers
- Alan Dick
- Allan Baldock
- Andrew Newman
- Andy Walker
- Angela Hair
- Anna Lorck
- Anne Tolley
- Anne Wilson-Hunt
- Arts in Profile
- Barbara Arnott
- Brendan Webb
- Brian Duggan
- Bridget Sutherland
- Brooks Belford
- Chris Tremain
- Claire Hague
- Claire Vogtherr
- Craig Foss
- Dale Moffett
- Damon Harvey
- David Cranwell
- Dean Hyde
- Des Ratima
- Diana Kirton
- Dinah Williams
- Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
- Elizabeth Sisson
- Ewan McGregor
- Georgina Miller
- Graeme Norton
- Hastings, Napier & Regional Councillors
- HB Regional Council
- HB Wine Country Tourism
- Helen Clark
- Henare O'Keefe
- Iain Maxwell
- Ian Purdon
- Jacob Scott
- Jacoby Poulain
- Janet Takarangi
- Jeff Harman
- John Newland
- John Roil
- Judith Anderson
- Katherine Edmond
- Kathy Webb
- Keith Newman
- Kent Baddeley
- Kevin Snee
- Kevin Trerise
- Kim Thorp
- Kirsten Wise
- Kym Hamilton
- Lawrence Yule
- Liz Remmerswaal
- Local Students
- Louis Chambers
- Margaret Cranwell
- Marie Dunningham
- Mark Cleary
- Mark Story
- Mark Sweet
- Matthew Miller
- Metiria Turei
- Michael Wan
- Michelle Pyke
- Mick Lester
- Mike Mohi
- Morry Black
- Murray Douglas
- Neil Kirton
- Neville Smith
- Ngahiwi Tomoana
- Nick Stewart
- Pat Magill
- Paul Paynter
- Peter Holley
- Phyllis Tichinin
- Rachel Cornwall
- Raewyn Peart
- Rick Barker
- Robert Burnside
- Robin Gwynn
- Rod Drury
- Roger Coleman
- Roy Dunningham
- Russel Norman
- Sandras Hazlehurst
- Scott Henderson
- Sean Bevin
- Shaun Lines
- Simon Nixon
- Sophie Stewart
- Stefan Olsen
- 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
