January 31, 2008
Fate has smiled upon you … a good omen for the new year! Soon, you will have the opportunity to redeem an unfortunate vote you cast the last time Hastings Councillors dealt with the matter of Ocean Beach. You and I discussed the incident at some length during the campaign season, and you insisted that [...]
January 30, 2008
In 2004 Hastings District Council bottled its own olive oil from 103 olive trees adorning its city’s streets. BayBuzz think squeezing civic pride from the 103 trees was quite simply, an exemplary move. That’s why the concurrent decision to fill much of Hastings and Havelock North CBD with ‘melia’ trees, (also called ‘white cedar’ or [...]
January 28, 2008
BayBuzz today balked at a DOC press release outlining the reason for the removal of Colin McCahon’s Urewera Mural from Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre at Waikeremoana. DOC’s East Coast Hawke’s Bay conservator, Peter Williamson, wrote: “We recently received advice that due to a combination of construction faults and subsequent deterioration of building materials in the upper [...]
January 25, 2008
SAY NO! TO 1000 HOUSES AT OCEAN BEACH To sign the Friends of Ocean Beach petition, you must download it by clicking here. Then just print your own copy and sign it. Better still, sign it yourself and ask your friends, relatives and co-workers to sign as well. You can also sign the petition at [...]
January 25, 2008
You can still take the BayBuzz poll on spending priorities of area Councils. Just click here. Their “wish list” includes seven projects that could cost in the range of $275 million dollars. We’d like to know what you think of these projects … we’ll be sharing results with councillors. So far, respondents are voicing the [...]
January 24, 2008
Sound incredible … too good to believe … a fairy tale? The next 2-3 weeks will tell the political story on Ocean Beach. There’s no doubt about Mick Lester’s leadership role. In December 2006, he led the charge in the Hastings Council, which lost by one vote, to oppose development at Haupouri Flats, as proposed [...]
January 22, 2008
Heavy winds that buffeted the region yesterday have again hit Bay filo-pastry outlets in the pocket. According to Jason Heaven, general manager of Heavens’ Bakery in Taradale, filo products are fast becoming a “pastry of the past” in an increasingly windy province. “Visiting families flock to Hawke’s Bay with the intention of eating outdoors, yet [...]
- 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
