July 19, 2009
CEO Andrew Newman briefed the Regional Council last week on the staff’s inquiry into potential water harvesting and storage in Central Hawke’s Bay.
A substantial amount of “desk top” analysis has been done to develop a scenario envisioning 5-6 dams with supporting and inter-connecting infrastructure. Through both one-one sessions and three public meetings in CHB, that [...]
July 16, 2009
Last night Environment Minister Nick Smith and Ambassador Adrian Macey, NZ’s chief international negotiator on the climate issue, made a splendid presentation to a public meeting in Napier on Government’s emerging global warming policy.
Specifically, they described the policy challenges Government faces in setting emission reduction goals for the nation, as well as the [...]
July 14, 2009
The OECD reports that Kiwis are the third-fattest people in the developed world (details here). Responding aggressively, the hard-charging American purveyor of Mexican food, Taco Bell, today announced plans for a nation-wide NZ campaign, to be launched by an outlet in Havelock North.
According to OECD’s Health Care Data 2009, latest statistics show that 26% of [...]
July 13, 2009
Last week, the DHB sent its representatives to the HB Regional Council to present an important report on the disputed Hawke’s Bay clean air plan … the one that would phase out the use of woodburners in most Hastings and Napier homes by 2013.
Unfortunately, the DHB sent the “B” Team, or was it the “C” [...]
July 9, 2009
The loan guarantee window at the Napier City Council is open for business.
Last week the Napier Council, on behalf of Napier yachties ratepayers, graciously extended its guarantee of a $750,000 loan taken by the Napier Sailing Club to finance its Northern Beach redevelopment project.
Apart from the dress code, it’s not clear what criteria other applicants [...]
July 7, 2009
The latest issue of BayBuzz Digest focuses on the region’s land-based economy and challenges it faces — including competing non-agricultural uses of the land, problematic water supply, diminished soil quality, and trade barriers and other changes in export markets.
Here are the principal articles dealing with those themes (click titles to read or download):
Living Off the [...]
July 7, 2009
French PM Apologises Over Bastareaud Affair
Last week, the above headline finally satisfied, hopefully, the nation’s profound indignation over the injury a rugby player’s lie had caused to New Zealand’s international reputation.
Meantime, here are some of the other headlines from last week that our political and media “powers that be” — guardians and reporters of the [...]
- Alan Dick on Sack the Hearings Committee
- Dean Hyde (Whanganui) on Sack the Hearings Committee
- Bruce Bisset on Sack the Hearings Committee
- Pat Magil on More on Magic 150 Words
- Honoria Ropiha on The Magic 150 Words
- Jacoby Poulain on More on Magic 150 Words
- Anne Wilson-Hunt on More on Magic 150 Words
- Dave Pipe on More on Magic 150 Words
- Pat Magil on More on Magic 150 Words
- John Roil on More on Magic 150 Words
