December 12, 2009
When Tom asked me to contribute to the list of 100 Buzzmakers in Hawke’s Bay I was immediately resistant. A passage from the Dao De Ching came to mind: Not to value and single out men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry. In modern parlance, I take this to [...]
December 12, 2009
We had heroes aplenty in my boyhood days. Most of them were returned soldiers. We had so many war heroes that I didn’t know until my twenties that one of my neighbours had won the Military Cross at Cassino, and another had been in Ngarimu’s platoon on Takrouna when the Te Aute Old Boy won [...]
December 12, 2009
What kind of growth? Initial consultation has opened regarding the Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy. You have until January 15th to speak up. This planning exercise, jointly conducted by the Napier, Hastings and Regional Councils, will carry into next year and will then drive revisions to formal district and regional plans. Three preliminary growth scenarios [...]
December 11, 2009
This edition rounds out the year for BayBuzz Digest. We’ve published ten issues this year, with each edition usually focusing on a regional theme … like education, health, or the Bay’s land-based economy. Each full issue is available at www.baybuzz.co.nz (look under About Baybuzz).BayBuzz Digest wouldn’t be possible without heaps of help, first and foremost from my wife [...]
December 11, 2009
This edition rounds out the year for BayBuzz Digest. We’ve published ten issues this year, with each edition usually focusing on a regional theme … like education, health, or the Bay’s land-based economy. Each full issue is available at www.baybuzz.co.nz (look under About Baybuzz). BayBuzz Digest wouldn’t be possible without heaps of help, first and [...]
December 10, 2009
Who makes a difference in Hawke’s Bay? In the December-January edition of BayBuzz Digest, we present a sort of social experiment. BayBuzz has attempted to identify one hundred individuals in Hawke’s Bay who make an uncommon impact on the well-being of the region. How can one make an uncommon impact? By excelling in some field [...]
December 9, 2009
“Hawke’s Bay Wine Country” … conjures up nothing but positive images. Sunshine. Grape-heavy vineyards. Conviviality. Long relaxed lunches on winery terraces. Great tasting – and award-winning – wines, in many varieties. With all this to offer, the wine business must be rolling in dough. After all, winemaking is the glamour biz of Hawke’s Bay. Too [...]
- 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
