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What are they afraid of?

July 5, 2009

During the LTCCP submissions I suggested that the Hastings, Napier and Regional Councils each (or better still, collectively) set up a public recognition program to acknowledge the achievements of their most outstanding employees. The idea would be to publicly award staff members who initiate significant cost savings, program efficiencies, or program innovations that deliver superior [...]

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Councils can’t run businesses

July 3, 2009

Two high profile enterprises in Hawke’s Bay — the Hawke’s Bay Opera House and the Hawke’s Bay Airport — apparently changed “life forms” on July 1. The Opera House became a “charitable company” instead of merely a money-losing arm of the Hastings Council. As if by magic, this legal transformation is supposed to somehow make [...]

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BayBuzz Birthday!

July 2, 2009

Two years ago to the day, BayBuzz posted its first blog article. It dealt with poorly heated classrooms at William Colenso College. Who would have thought … two years later a National-led Government has just officially launched Warm Up New Zealand, a $323 million programme to provide warmer homes, and Mark Cleary, then principal at [...]

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