April 21, 2008
Robert Burnside, Hastings Councillor: Sports Park Concerns Dear BayBuzz, Please take me off the ‘sports park’ standard letter – the concerns expressed are those that all Councillors are considering and debating at the moment. I do have some reservations about the park … about its ability to ever be ‘rates neutral’ as originally promised, about [...]
April 21, 2008
In a HUGE investigative breakthrough, BayBuzz has discovered the purpose behind Mayor Arnott’s recent secret visit to Amsterdam and Venice. One clue was BayBuzz overhearing a Napier ratepayer at Raffles Cafe, who commented that he was asked in a recent Council-sponsored phone survey what he thought of the tagline — “Napier … Venice of the [...]
April 20, 2008
Last week, the Environment Court slapped down a proposal, approved by the Hastings District Council and its independent hearings commissioner, to transform the Hawke’s Bay Golf Course into something more like a resort/housing complex. This decision has huge implications for the HDC-proposed plan change that would permit construction of the regional sports park on prime [...]
April 18, 2008
HB Regional Council staff delivered another review of the Tukituki situation this week. While providing a nice summary of the staff’s point of view on the current policy framework and water management activities, it fell far short of delivering the “action plan” that had been requested by Councillors Kirton, Gilbertson and Remmerswaal two months ago. [...]
April 17, 2008
Napier City Council will cut parking spaces at Taradale library (pictured) from 38 to 19, in an attempt to curb soaring literacy levels in the suburb. Last week the announcement made front page news (“Library to close for $1.4m upgrade”) in Hawke’s Bay Today, detailing the seven month closure, and the 700m2 to 1200m2 expansion. …The library won’t [...]
April 16, 2008
Budget season is unfolding as our various Councils reveal their plans for ratepayer examination. HDC leads off with community briefings in Flaxmere on Wednesday the 16th, Hastings (Council Chambers) on the 21st, and Havelock North on the 22nd. Of course the responsible thing is for ratepayers to dig into the pertinent documents, find what they [...]
April 14, 2008
Whew! And all this time we thought the Tukituki was polluted. Then along came Canadian fisherman Arron Varga to compete in the recent trout fishing competition held on the upper reaches of the Tuki. He stood in the water, looked down at his boots, and saw them! And so he exclaimed to the CHB Mail: [...]
- 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
