August 31, 2009
The wasteland that was once Nelson Park is a sad symbol of what can go terribly wrong when a Council makes unbalanced decisions in favour of business interests. William Nelson would be enthralled. He was the most successful Hawke’s Bay businessman of his time. The bulk of his wealth came from pioneering the export of [...]
August 31, 2009
As the economic recession and rising prices continue to put pressure on Hawke’s Bay residents, food banks in Napier and Hastings are working hard to meet the need of local people for assistance with feeding themselves and their children. The Napier Community Food Bank has been making public appeals for donations via local newspapers. “We’re [...]
August 31, 2009
Regional Councillor Ewan McGregor has taken me to the woodshed for a paddling. He says BayBuzz is being too unkind to Mayor Yule, by “attacking” the Mayor for being politically motivated and ambitious, criticising — even poking fun at — certain of his ideas, declaring the 2010 campaign already launched, “playing the man not the [...]
August 31, 2009
HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL Cynthia Bowers I support amalgamation and a unitary authority. I do not agree with all aspects of Lawrence’s proposed model, specifically it does little to reduce the number of Councillors and the cost of this. It does however provide the basis for discussion and as the community becomes engaged other models or [...]
August 31, 2009
The question is not “Amalgamation: Yes or No? The question more properly put is what results do we want for our communities, our cities and our region? What sort of place do we want to live in? What environment? What service delivery, what amenity and facilities do we need, what financial sustainability, what representation? In [...]
August 31, 2009
Mayor Lawrence Yule’s amalgamation proposal, while initially taking most of us by surprise, is timely given the changes occurring around us in both the political and regional community environment. I agree with Lawrence’s timing proposals. There is so much at stake that there needs to be time for real community debate and thorough consideration of [...]
August 31, 2009
I read with interest Mayor Yule’s recent press release of last week where he announced his intention to stand for Mayor for his fourth term in the October 2010 local elections, and indicated that he would run on a platform of unifying the Hastings District, Napier City and HB Regional Councils. He gave a detailed [...]
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