September 19, 2008
A prominent Hastings solicitor celebrating New Year’s Eve at Waimarama beats up his wife, his teenage daughter, and her friend staying over. Along the road a 14 year old girl is raped. At a party nearby two men are arrested for assault. Numerous incidents of aggressive behaviour and sexual violation go unreported.In the aftermath, some [...]
September 19, 2008
Statistics and Central Government rhetoric inform us that the Maori population is increasing, the age of that population is getting younger and we are living longer … all good news for those who feel Maori. However there’s a reverse side of the coin … we are still counted too high among the prison population, we [...]
September 19, 2008
The recent HB Regional Council Embracing Futures Thinking breakfast (one of a series) was a great opportunity to refocus attention on the global issue of climate change. Guest speaker Vicki Buck issued the challenge to look our children in the eye and say we are responding to climate change. “I like to drive a very [...]
September 19, 2008
I anticipate a number of key international and domestic economic changes which all organisations in the region, including the public sector, will need to continue to take into account in their longer-term planning and policy work. These changes include demographic shifts, increasing tourism, and different challenges from economic growth. Demographic trends With continuing population increase, [...]
September 19, 2008
As the Cheshire Cat said to Alice in Wonderland, any road will do when you don’t know where you are going. I often think we are a bit like this in Hawke’s Bay. We have plenty of opportunities and alternate roads. Our guide posts are often confused by five different councils, a plethora of government [...]
September 19, 2008
Elsewhere in BayBuzz (“No Time for Local Democracy”), Tom Belford questions whether local government can really handle democracy. He raises a few good points, but here are some additional factors to consider.First is the very human trait of concentrating on the known and mundane, at the expense of the unknown and controversial. Especially marked in [...]
September 19, 2008
Thinking about the future of Hawke’s Bay Trend assessment or futures thinking is an increasingly important component of strategic planning. Work being undertaken by Environment Waikato and through the development of an economic strategy in the Greater Wellington region are two examples of its application in regional government. The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s formally adopted [...]
- 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
