February 28, 2009
When the moon is as thin as an eyelash, it bathes in the life giving water of Tane, Te Waiora o Tane, where it is nourished, polished and rebirthed in its waxing glow. With the rising new moon, fish and birds move in shoals and flocks, the hunters and fishers move with inner-sprung energy, the [...]
February 25, 2009
Having been caught with their pants down, it does appear that HDC is trying to haul them back up … hastily! As we write, HDC staff, from the Chief Executive down, are working to develop an action plan for dealing with the now-chronic water shortage at Bridge Pa. The CEO, as well as the Regional [...]
February 23, 2009
Forgive me for using an American commentator to help explain what BayBuzz is all about. But this article by online guru Dave Morgan provides such relevant context that I can’t resist. Below are some excerpts from his article, but I urge you to click here and read the whole piece. Because BayBuzz is just one [...]
February 20, 2009
We probably all agree that trust is a fundamental “glue” of positive interpersonal relations. Trust also enables the “social compact” between ourselves and those we select and empower to govern us. And all the elements of trust — honesty, transparency, good intention, dependability — apply to both situations. As a relatively recent transplant to New [...]
February 18, 2009
On Wednesday I was given the opportunity to make some remarks to the first meeting of the re-constituted DHB Governance Board. Here’s what I had to say … Thank you for this opportunity to address the Governance Board. I have two concerns I would like to present today. The first deals with the DHB’s public [...]
February 16, 2009
Some of you around the region will recall that a small army of students from the University of Auckland’s geography program visited HB last September. They were conducting field research on almost sixty different projects, looking at topics like tourism promotion, access to health care, environmental controversies like Ocean Beach and wind farm projects, regional [...]
February 16, 2009
On Wednesday the 18th, the reconstituted “Governance Board” of the Hawke’s Bay DHB will meet. Last week, relying on documents submitted during the High Court proceeding, BayBuzz reported in depth on what the record shows about the sacking of the elected health board by then-Minister of Health David Cunliffe. My reading of the record is [...]
- 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
