August 12, 2008
For all practical purposes, that should be the headline for the HB Regional Council’s recent failure to protect the Tuki from excess water wthdrawals. As we reported last week, instead of having the guts to stand up to a handful of dairy farmers, an HBRC-appointed hearings committee consisting of Regional Council deputy chair Christine Scott [...]
August 11, 2008
Last week I had the opportunity to interview two of the key protagonists in HB’s ongoing health saga … Kevin Atkinson, former chairman of the HBDHB and Sir John Anderson, Commissioner appointed by Health Minister David Cunliffe to right the (supposedly) listing DHB ship. Here’s my takeaway. Kevin Atkinson, without question, is a man committed [...]
August 9, 2008
Margaret Cranwell has played a major role in shaping how art and collections are perceived, displayed, and engaged in by the public. For twenty-three years she worked for the Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery in Napier and the Exhibitions Centre in Hastings. Her services were recognised in this year’s Museums Aotearoa inaugural awards for [...]
August 9, 2008
Tales of the Humble Snail and a Recipe Recently, from the English village of Bray in Berkshire (pop 6,000) we hear that Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck restaurant has again been named one of the best in the world by the Guide Michelin. Interestingly enough, one of its signature dishes celebrates the humble snail. Heston’s [...]
August 9, 2008
Of water, grass and fish Probably not many Hawke’s Bay people appreciate the significance of the Tukituki River catchment to trout anglers of New Zealand. There is no doubting Hawke’s Bay people value it as a recreational resource or a place to seek solace from the pressures of life, but for anglers it is right [...]
August 9, 2008
Our twin cities are at present ‘in the heat of the moment’ on key projects – Hawke’s Bay Airport restructuring, Hastings’ Nelson Park re-development, the regional sports park, the Napier Museum & Art Gallery – whose outcome is going to impact the entire Hawke’s Bay for the foreseeable future. It is appropriate now to recap [...]
August 9, 2008
HEALTH REVIEW – A TALE OF TWO PLANS The six central region District Health Boards are reviewing the hospitals in the region and how our health services will be delivered in the future. Over recent weeks, they have come up with two remarkably divergent plans. The first Regional Clinical Services Plan was reported on 2 [...]
- 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
