June 11, 2008
Dinah Williams, former Councillor: Opposing the Sports Park I am delighted to endorse a suite of comprehensive, thoughtful and forward-looking submissions from a diverse group of people who operate out of a very different paradigm from the Mayor and some of you Councillors. Not only have they identified the major flaws in the RSP Proposal, [...]
June 10, 2008
In recent weeks, Hill Country has conducted extensive road-building at Ocean Beach, on the land Andy Lowe would like to develop … or was it preserve?! You can see the extent of these earthworks – adding many kilometers of roading – in this slideshow. Most, if not all of this roading is in the area [...]
June 9, 2008
Sure, we ‘d expect the sports codes to line up behind the proposed sports park. After all, when does a kid turn down candy and ice cream? (In fact, even with all the promised goodies, local sports activists are quite divided.) Likewise, one might expect the Chamber to endorse enthusiastically a huge capital investment project [...]
June 8, 2008
Like Caesar invading Gaul, last Friday citizen David Renouf came into the Hastings Council budget session … they saw his case … and he conquered. After a few years of persistent lobbying, this time David convinced Council that the Hastings CBD was dangerous to pedestrians. Insufficient marked crossings, unclear or obscured markings in other locations, [...]
June 5, 2008
In his usual straight-from-the-shoulder style, Simon Nixon opposes the sports park in today’s Guest Buzzmaker column. As a Hastings mayoral candidate in 2007, Simon received 7,147 votes to Mayor Yule’s 11,117 (and Peter Nee Harland’s 1,875). Clearly, he had his ear to the ground then. How about now? I think many in the community would [...]
June 5, 2008
Simon Nixon, Businessman: Regarding the Sports Park I don’t care what is done at Percival Road, but I am not interested in paying for it. I see no personal benefit whatsoever. It will not be used by myself, my family or my friends and acquaintances. We hear often that there is lack of interest in [...]
June 3, 2008
Submissions have closed for the Hastings Council’s consideration of its proposed regional sports park. Opponents of the park include groups like Grey Power, BayWatch, HB Horticultural Land Protection Society, Sustaining Hawke’s Bay Trust and, of course, BayBuzz. Individual opponents include public figures like former Councillor Dinah Williams and mayoral candidate Simon Nixon, as well as [...]
- 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
