July 20, 2010
Yes, all the animals on our property have names, but I’m still an avid reader of Farmers Weekly. Its news from around the country helps me better appreciate what’s going on in our own rural economy. For example … “Taupo scheme in disarray” claims this week’s front page headline. This lead story is about failed [...]
July 19, 2010
The Regional Council commissioned an independent review of its Hearings Committee, which was delivered in September 2009. It has languished unpublished since. At the Council’s recent Environmental Management Committee meeting, member Morry Black asked for a copy of this report, among others, and was told by CEO Andrew Newman “certainly, they’re all in the public [...]
July 18, 2010
With plenty of rainy days to come, here’s a good way to escape, courtesy of BayBuzz columnist Roy Dunningham. Go look at some great art amongst HB’s many excellent galleries. And to extend the pleasure, take your wallet. In this article, Wheelers and Dealers of Art, Roy gives his take on the galleries he finds [...]
July 18, 2010
Artists need art dealers. That is a simple necessity for a healthy art scene. While some artists are brilliant at self-promotion, most are better off concentrating on creating, leaving the selling to a specialist. A good dealer is much more than a kind of high-class vacuum cleaner salesperson. The best dealers are in the business [...]
July 15, 2010
At last Wednesday’s Regional Council meeting, water was the major topic of discussion … Question 1: What should we do if there are lapsed water take consents (i.e., the right to abstract water has ceased due to non-use or minimal use) for waterways or groundwater bodies that are deemed already fully or over-allocated? Answer: Hold [...]
July 14, 2010
I’m not entirely sure what the Auditor-General knows about surface water management, but I guess it’s good news that this office, as announced in its 2010-2011 work plan (p65), is going to review the “effectiveness of management responses designed to maintain or enhance water quality.” While the workplan doesn’t indicate specific regional councils or rivers [...]
July 12, 2010
Since late 2009 the Regional Council has been working with a stakeholders group to development an ecologically sound approach to land management around the Taharua and upper Mohaka catchment. In bureacrat-speak, the objective is to secure: “Stakeholder agreement of provisional catchment management objectives and nutrient targets, informed by robust science and the full range of [...]
- 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
