July 20, 2007
Thanks to Anne Maloney for pointing us to this July 14 Herald article, Drawing a line in the sand. It provides an excellent primer on the interplay between regional and district councils, as well as between the Resource Management Act, the coastal planning statement (CPS) and local councils interpretation and implementation of same. If you’re [...]
July 17, 2007
Our regional and local councils must make decisions of major consequence to the well-being of Hawke’s Bay residents. Sometimes the stakes are huge! Does this make you a bit uncomfortable? Here are some issues your local elected officials might address (or have already addressed). As you go to sleep at night, which of these issues [...]
July 16, 2007
Who is this man? What do you know about him? What’s his agenda? What are his values and priorities? Are they the same as yours … or different? Why does it matter? It matters because you would be hard pressed to find an individual who has more day-to-day impact on the quality of life in [...]
July 15, 2007
July 15, 2007
Full credit to those parents we see walking their kids to school: yet BayBuzz has one suggestion this term, try doing it without listening to your i-Pod – your kids aren’t that boring.
July 14, 2007
Vandals have “graduated” to defacing the rooftops of shops in downtown Hastings. For just the first quarter of the year, Hastings District Council spent $20,022 removing graffiti. That could turn into $80,000 of ratepayers’ money by year’s end. I know that’s where you want your money to go! For the same first quarter, HDC received [...]
July 14, 2007
- ian Skins on Will the Beehive reform local government?
- liz remmerswaal on Please help ... I'm an addict
- Len June on Please help ... I'm an addict
- Harry on Please help ... I'm an addict
- Tom Belford on Please help ... I'm an addict
- liz remmerswaal on Please help ... I'm an addict
- liz remmerswaal on Please help ... I'm an addict
- David Connors on Stop fracking around
- David Connors on Stop fracking around
- David Connors on Stop fracking around
- Landscape protection in Hastings
- Will the Beehive reform local government?
- Please help … I’m an addict
- 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
