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Wayne Bradshaw: Measuring the Health of Bay Sport

August 5, 2010

Sport, like most things, has changed significantly over the years. In my earlier years, I was actively involved in hockey (played then on grass fields not turf ), both as a player and an administrator. My club, Akina Rovers, was  strong  and competitive on the field and had an equally strong and active social side. [...]

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Wayne Bradshaw: Create More Opportunities

May 17, 2010

Create More Opportunities By Wayne Bradshaw, Hastings District Councillor Currently the Hawke’s Bay population receives some of the nation’s lowest average wages and this helps reinforce some of the social issues that need to change. To improve this we need to market the region in a more coordinated manner that will create more jobs and [...]

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Wayne Bradshaw: Looking Ahead

February 15, 2010

With 2010 now upon us, let me wish you all a happy new year. Firstly, I would like to applaud the Hastings Council for the new approach taken to the planned Customer Service Centre Building. Rather than build a new building (as was proposed) next to the current Council Building, it was decided to purchase [...]

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Wayne Bradshaw – Let’s Just Do Our Business!

August 31, 2009

I read with interest Mayor Yule’s  recent press release of last week where he announced his intention to stand for Mayor for his fourth term  in the October 2010 local elections, and indicated that he would run on a platform of unifying the Hastings District, Napier City and HB Regional Councils. He gave a detailed [...]

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Wayne Bradshaw – And The Winner is?

March 29, 2009

Hastings District Council has adopted their proposed 2009/19 Long Term Council Community  Plan ( LTCCP ), with what could possibly be one of the lowest rate increase in New Zealand for the coming 2009/10 year.The rate increase of 1.68% is an improvement over the past average years of 3-4%. What were some of the issues [...]

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Wayne Bradshaw, Hastings Councillor – Sports Park

May 26, 2008

Wayne Bradshaw, Hastings Councillor: Alternative to Regional Sports Park IS THERE A BETTER WAY? The Hastings District Council under the Local Government Act 2002 has an obligation to contribute to desired community outcomes and to provide for economic, social, environmental and cultural wellbeing in the present and the future. This is the rational for the [...]

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Wayne Bradshaw, Hastings Councillor – Budget Reform

March 10, 2008

Wayne Bradshaw, Hastings Councillor: Budget Reform Last Thursday and Friday, the HDC Councillors with the assistance of management were presented with the Draft Budgets for the 2008/9 year. We as a Council with management’s assistance were expected to: Review these Budgets (there are over 100 Cost Centres within Council), Analyse and Prioritise the spending, Find [...]

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