July 29, 2010
Here’s a guest article from our regular weekend columnist, Andrew Frame. Apparently he’s so worked up about the Napier Council that he couldn’t wait till Saturday! Tom Pandaland or Wasteland? By Andrew Frame Max Patmoy’s idea to put Pandas in Marineland was out there. Way out there, beyond optimal panda swimming depth. Realistically, it never [...]
July 27, 2010
Last week, Chris Finlayson, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, made an announcement of crucial importance to Hawke’s Bay. He announced that the Crown would work with the Regional Council and local iwi toward the establishment of a Regional Council Planning Committee. According to his statement, this mechanism “will allow iwi to effectively contribute towards [...]
July 26, 2010
Today I officially filed as a candidate for the Regional Council. I am pleased to be nominated by Claire Vogtherr, local business, education and civic leader, and by Bruno Chambers, farmer, environmentalist and chairman of the Te Mata Park Trust. I am standing because I regard the current Council as asleep at the wheel, falling [...]
July 24, 2010
Bus-ted By Andrew Frame Put simply, Napier’s newest Inter-city bus stop is a disgrace. Earlier this month Intercity moved its bus stop from the former railway station, to outside the Marineland site on Marine Parade. The new bus stop is just that, a bus stop. It doesn’t have booking facilities, shelter, a phone, or toilets, [...]
July 23, 2010
Today Cranford Hospice has a brand new Board (see below) and Charter. Naturally, those on the selection panel are pleased with their work (media release here) … and as best I can ascertain at this point, deservedly. I sought reactions from three people I thought would offer the best judgment as to whether this new [...]
July 21, 2010
On Wednesday, the HB Regional Council decided under duress to release much of the independent review of its hearings process and management thereof, mainly in respect to handling of water allocation consents. The key word here is “much” — reportedly the so-called Cowie Report includes specific appraisals of how individual Councillors on the Hearings Committee [...]
July 20, 2010
National is taking a hammering from various pundits for reversing field on the mining issue. Here’s just one example. Says Tim Watkin, writing on the Pundit website: “The government says its backdown on mining is evidence that it listens. But the question left is whether there’s any policy Key and Co. will fight to the death [...]
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