September 22, 2008
Ken Gilligan might be the most spectacularly competent and well-suited fellow in Hawke’s Bay to be appointed to the board of Unison. Nonetheless, the three members of the Power Consumers’ Trust who just appointed him, as he stepped down as fourth member and Chair of the Trust, had no business doing so in the final [...]
September 22, 2008
The September/October edition of BayBuzz Digest is now available. It will be letterbox-distributed in the coming week to some homes in Hastings, Napier and Havelock North, plus you can pick up a copy in a few dozen shops, dairies and cafes around the region. This edition of BayBuzz Digest covers a wide range of issues [...]
September 20, 2008
Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins, Manager of the Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, sat down with BayBuzz’s Mark Sweet and Brooks Belford for a freewheeling discussion of HB arts and Museum’s role therein. Here are excerpts from the conversation. What’s shaping the future of the arts in Hawke’s Bay? One thing is the realization that HB isn’t [...]
September 20, 2008
Against the avalanche of decor driven dining rooms and large budget wineries within the Hawke’s Bay landscape of destination tourism and media hype, there is a quiet revolution taking place. The revolutionaries are thoughtful, intelligent, passionate career chefs. Cooks that are not buying into the elitism of competition, ladder climbing and kissing butt. One such [...]
September 19, 2008
The Code Uncovered The Elected Members Code of Conduct (EMCC) statement is reviewed and confirmed at each triennium by Local Councils. The final draft is binding and set in stone under The Local Government Act 2002, and supported by various other legislation. Compliance is monitored by Council at the ‘Conduct Review’ … an open annual [...]
September 19, 2008
Much of the news about the global economy is bad, and pain certainly is being felt here as Hawke’s Bay people check out of supermarkets, pay for petrol and buy fertilizer. The elderly and others on fixed incomes, people lacking skills and education, the unlucky in real estate and other ventures are the worst off, [...]
September 19, 2008
A friend damaged his heel a few weeks ago. Walking on grass in Bay View in bare feet, since shoes were uncomfortable, he later sliced open a toe on some glass. He only realised the level of damage when he walked across a newly poured drive leaving crimson blotches behind. He tells what happened then [...]
- 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
