September 11, 2007
Dinah Williams graciously agreed to an “exit interview” with BayBuzz as she steps out of council life. After four terms on the HDC representing Havelock North, and two on the Regional Council, she has a few regrets. Who wouldn’t? But far outweighing those is the pride she can take from eighteen years of dedicated public [...]
September 10, 2007
Sunday afternoon Havelock North Citizens Inc. sponsored a candidates’ forum featuring the three mayoral candidates for Hastings District, as well as the five candidates standing for the two Havelock North Ward seats on the Council. Hats off to HNC for an entertaining and informative session. Here are my impressions of the candidates. Nothing herein should [...]
September 6, 2007
In our second review of local body billboardship, BayBuzz ‘compares and contrasts’ two very distinct efforts. First up, Liz Remmerswaal – Regional Council candidate, Hastings ward. * Liking the colour. A pleasant mix of nashi gold and Trade Me yellow. * Clumsy sentence structure:“Liz Remmerswaal for Regional Council”. Read as is, Remmerswaal endorses the status [...]
September 5, 2007
Is the Tuki Tuki is too polluted to swim in? YES says the Hawke’s Bay Environmental Water Group, led by Bill Dodds & Dave Renouf. And after spending hours examining their case, BayBuzz agrees. The main points: Regular monitoring of average daily water flows consistently shows pollutant levels that violate Regional Council (HBRC) guidelines (for [...]
September 4, 2007
BayBuzz hasn’t been in the biz of doing “reviews” of cafes and restaurants. But we’ve been so impressed by the buzz at Pipi’s in Havelock North — buzz undiminished after almost eighteen months — that we couldn’t resist inquiring into its secret. So as wonderful as the flounder, cappricciosa pizza and apple crumble are, this [...]
September 3, 2007
Tourism New Zealand has proudly announced a $23 million extension of its international marketing campaign built around selling the image of “100% Pure” New Zealand. Apparently the marketing team hasn’t visited Hawke’s Bay lately. Or else, while taking the wine, garden and art tours, their charter bus somehow missed our region’s more egregious environmental flaws [...]
- 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
