February 14, 2008
Today HB Regional Councillors receive a report on Tukituki water quality. Unfortunately, the document raises more questions than it answers. Knowledgeable critics of HBRC’s handling of the Tukituki have expressed rather specific concerns. For example … A critical monitoring site just below the point where oxidation ponds spew into the river has been removed for [...]
February 13, 2008
Supposedly, the public is still to be consulted on whether or not the Hastings District Council should proceed to build a regional sports park. But clearly, public approval is just a minor technicality — apparently one to be ignored — in the rush to commit ratepayer funds now to this “love child” of Sam Kelt [...]
February 12, 2008
Mark your calendars … this Thursday the 14th is when Councillors from both the Hastings and Regional Councils must front up for the Bay’s environment. In Hastings, Councillors will meet at 2p.m. in open session to sort out their position on Ocean Beach. As they begin, Friends of Ocean Beach will present the unprecedented thousands [...]
February 11, 2008
39 Millar Road Tuki Tuki RD2 Hastings Friday 5th January 2008 Mick Lester 4567 Highway 50 Churston, RD1 Hastings Dear Councillor Lester, We would first of all like to congratulate you on your recent success in the Hastings District Council elections. During these elections, we noted your opposition to extensive development of Ocean Beach and [...]
February 11, 2008
BayBuzz wants to welcome the new CEO of Hastings District, Ross McLeod, who starts today. Ross, we’d like to suggest one of the first questions you might want to ask your staff (best to get the bad news right off): “Is it true that the Council’s unrestricted reserve funds have disappeared, rather quickly? What have [...]
February 8, 2008
Napier City Council is claiming civic interference following allegations Hastings district councillor Margaret Twigg was behind the recent attack on Art Deco organiser Peter Mooney. Tuesday’s Hawke’s Bay Today front page story, “Good act costs a leg,” detailed how Mr. Mooney had fractured his lower leg after attempting to break up a fight between two [...]
February 7, 2008
WARNING! This quiz about plans for Ocean Beach development — Lowetown — could be hazardous to your health, if you have high blood pressure or a heart condition. 1. True or False: The plan from developers contains a detailed argument as to why 1,000 homes on Ocean Beach is better for the environment than the [...]
- 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
