December 31, 2007
Here’s another article from our earlier days … still celebrating the holidays. Happy New Year! By keeping close watch as lambing season approached on area farms, BayBuzz has landed this exclusive interview with the first lamb born this year. The celebrity lamb was born on the farm of Bruno ________(name suppression). More on his reaction [...]
December 23, 2007
Best wishes to all of our readers — even the ones we poke at from time to time — for a wonderful holiday season. To help get you in the right spirit, here is a rendition of O Holy Night that you will never forget. Guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes … but not [...]
December 21, 2007
Residents of Napier Hill are organising as Residents for Sustainable Housing to oppose a 61-unit townhouse development in the Hukarere Heights neighborhood. Meanwhile, a potential 150+ home development west of Flaxmere is going through a “feasibility study” phase sanctioned by the Hastings Council. It will be interesting to see how these two proposed developments play [...]
December 20, 2007
You’ve heard of “bad hair” days? Well, yesterday was a “bad water” day for the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council. First came an appeal by Councillor Liz Remmerswaal, responding to constituent concerns, to place a discussion of Tukituki water issues on the Council’s next meeting agenda … an appeal supported by Councillors Tim Gilbertson and Ewan [...]
December 19, 2007
December 19, 2007
Twas the week before Christmas, and HDC did lots of business. At its last meeting of the year, the HDC … Announced the appointment of a new CEO, Ross McLeod. Mr. McLeod joins HDC from his present position as Director of Corporate and Civic Services at the Waitakere City Council. He’ll begin work on February [...]
December 18, 2007
As we announced last week, BayBuzz is conducting a poll on big project spending in the region. You can take it here. We want hundreds, thousands of voters to take the poll over the holiday period. We plan to promote the poll to encourage a high “voter turnout.” Meantime, here are some early returns on [...]









