For Sale: Havelock Intermediate

July 31, 2007

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Attention candidates

July 27, 2007

Today opens the nominations period for candidates intending to run for our local councils and the District Health Board.
BayBuzz has enormous respect for citizens who take aboard public duties and responsibilities. Effective and responsive public service takes precious time away from officeholders’ families, livelihoods and personal pursuits. And officeholders can expect to bear the brunt [...]

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Macro mindset for micro brewery

July 26, 2007

Thanks to Craig Cooper, Limburg’s majority shareholder, for responding to our piece (see comment section at end of “The grain drain”) on the migration of Hawkes Bay’s finest beer. Craig, we appreciate your candour.
Yet while a worthy parry, BayBuzz think the defence disingenuous, and more importantly, rather grim reading for any micro producer in the [...]

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Mixed feelings

July 26, 2007

I confess to mixed emotions about health care in New Zealand.
My first exposure to the local medical world was my initial “introductory” meeting with my new personal physician.
Being a freshly-arrived rural resident, I was nervous about the business of collecting and drinking one’s roof water. I asked the doctor if it was OK. His reply: [...]

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