February 29, 2008
Mark your calendar!
The HB Regional Council will conduct a public meeting on its management of the Tukituki River system. It’s set for Wednesday, March 12, 7:30-9:00 pm, at the Havelock North Community Centre.
Critics of the Council’s Tuki management pressed for this session, where the data and assessments of Council staff will be presented and, most [...]
February 28, 2008
BayBuzz is reporting from two planets today.
“We’re sacked.” From Planet Surreal, Kevin Atkinson so announced that he and the HB Health Board had just been axed by Health Minister Cunliffe, who replaced these alleged miscreants with a Commissioner.
All done, as best anyone can tell, to send a message that duly elected Health Board members shouldn’t [...]
February 27, 2008
In this week’s Guest Buzzmaker column, Mayor Yule tells those of us who want no further development of Ocean Beach that we are children.
He implies that we’re too simple-minded to comprehend all the complex “evidence” as to why the Council must compromise core principles and signal to independent commissioners that Council is prepared to accommodate [...]
February 26, 2008
Over the course of a few months this Buzzmaker has noted a disturbing botanical trend across the Bay.
Too many of our beloved cabbage trees – Tī kōuka – are hanging their heads (three relatively young trees in my street alone) in a rather sickly fashion, seemingly just weeks away from taking their last breath.
The fear [...]
February 25, 2008
I carry no brief for the HB District Health Board. I’ve heard the Board, its Chairman and its record incisively criticised by knowledgeable observers with no obvious ax to grind.
But the handling of the situation by Health Minister Cunliffe is simply indefensible.
So far, no one has said that better than Robin Gwynn, former Napier Councillor.
Here’s [...]
February 24, 2008
Lawrence Yule: Ocean Beach
Last Thursday the Council decided its position on the Private Plan Change for Ocean Beach. I and by far the majority of Councillors oppose what is being proposed by the landowners. I do not believe the Private Plan Change offers the necessary protection to the northern end of the [...]
February 22, 2008
On Tuesday night, things looked pretty grim.
The staff recommendations on the Hill Country Plan Change were published, and if anything, represented a step backward for any serious consideration of Council restraint on Ocean Beach development.
But two things happened to save the day.
First, Councillors were well aware of the terrific public protest against 1000 houses on [...]
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