February 20, 2008
MESSAGE TO HASTINGS COUNCIL FROM 8,000+ PETITIONERS: KEEP IT SIMPLE … JUST SAY NO! Cartoon courtesy of Catherine Watson
February 20, 2008
Some decisions are too important to be left to staff. The fate of Ocean Beach is one of those, as the waffling briefing memo on Ocean Beach, prepared for Thursday’s Council meeting, amply demonstrates. For all practical purposes, HDC staff says to Councillors: Prepare to lose in the RMA process if you simply reject the [...]
February 19, 2008
BayBuzz has completed its survey of public attitudes towards several major spending projects on local councils’ wish lists. The “winners” in the survey were extending the Napier airport runway (66% support, 41% strongly), building the northern arterial route connecting Havelock and the Expressway (65% support, 32% strongly), and purchasing land at Ocean Beach for protection [...]
February 17, 2008
The clock is ticking … the Hastings Council meets this Thursday, the 21st, to review its position on Ocean Beach, and the deadline for submissions under the RMA process is February 29. There’s still time for you to voice your concern. Here are the steps you can take: 1. Sign the petition: Say NO! to [...]
February 17, 2008
Rick Barker, MP: Hastings – Salt of the Earth? It is now universally accepted that every city, town, or locality needs a by line, a catch phrase they use to describe and promote themselves. In New York it’s “The Big Apple”, in Auckland it’s “City of Sails”, in Wellington, “Absolutely Positively Wellington”, and the Hastings [...]
February 16, 2008
As you’ve probably already know, a solar system very similar to ours has just been discovered about 5000 light years away. When we heard that Auckland astromers Jennie McCormick and Grant Christie were part of the discovery team, we called them with a special request. We asked if they could take a closer look at [...]
February 15, 2008
1. Over 7,000 signatures were handed to Mayor Yule, saying NO! to 1000 houses on Ocean Beach. What an outstanding effort by dozens of people putting up and hosting signs and gathering signatures, including many shop and cafe owners who are displaying the Friends of Ocean Beach petitions … sometimes facing harassment by our [...]
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