November 18, 2007
BayBuzz’s roving reporter Elizabeth Sisson catches up with new Napier city councillors Bill Dalton and Keith “Spongie”” Price.
Bill Dalton’s family has been in Napier for four generations. He has had a successful career in finance, is partner in an investment firm and has been involved in many organisations and activities, with an emphasis on music, [...]
November 16, 2007
Breaking news: 7:46am: – Armed police raid regional council:
We’re here live in Napier, where a police anti-terror squad (pictured) has just stormed Dalton Street’s Hawke’s Bay Regional Council building. In less than three minutes, the elite team restrained, handcuffed and escorted the nine incumbent councillors into an armoured police vehicle.
BayBuzz will keep readers posted as [...]
November 14, 2007
* BayBuzz’s roving reporter, Elizabeth Sisson, recently caught up with the three new faces on Napier City Council. Her first interview was with Maxine Boag, (Nelson Park ward).
Maxine Boag is one of two councillors representing the new Nelson Park Ward. Described by a resident of her ward as “a scrapper,” Boag was a major [...]
November 14, 2007
Mayor Barbara Arnott is reconsidering the wisdom of holding Napier City Council meetings at all after two councillors (BayBuzz cannot identify … name suppression order) punched each other out at a recent “practice meeting” of the Council.
Said Arnott: “Since the Council hasn’t met in nearly a year, and we have three new councillors, Neil (Taylor, [...]
November 13, 2007
Hawke’s Bay will become the first province in the country to “bio-purge” a polluted river, after Hawke’s Bay Regional Council voted yesterday to introduce didymo (pictured) into the Tukituki River.
The landmark move sparked instant praise from environmental group Baywatch, who called it “21st Century sustainable thinking”, while dubbing new chairman Rex McIntyre the [...]
November 9, 2007
BayBuzz had a chance to talk with Mayor Yule and get a preview of his thinking about the advisory group he plans for environmental sustainability issues. The group will consist of Council and public members, perhaps with the latter in the majority.
Faithful BayBuzz readers know we never miss an opportunity to cause heartburn for the [...]
November 8, 2007
You’ve probably read in HB Today that the Hawke’s Bay Hospital is going to use electronic wristbands to help track patients in the emergency department. Lord knows there’s no telling how far a mortally ill or injured victim can wander when they haven’t been seen in hours!
Anyway …
Inspired by the hospital’s example, our local councils [...]
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