September 29, 2010
On Wednesday, with the voting window half over, actual voting returns passed the half-way point in Hastings and CHB, as compared to 2007 total returns, but lag slightly behind in Napier. Looking at the Hastings returns from 2007, at this point in the campaign that year, 17.97% had voted, with the final return reaching 41.78%. [...]
September 28, 2010
Voting papers returned as of COB Tuesday the 28th: Hastings District: 19.71% (ranging from 16.29% in Flaxmere to 24.04% in Havelock North) Napier: 18.74% Central Hawke’s Bay: 26.15% More detail here. What’s our problem with food? Why are we having such a tough time getting it right about food?! We seem to be both malnourished [...]
September 27, 2010
Voting papers returned as of 4:52 Monday the 27th: Hastings District: 18.57% (ranging from 15.02% in Flaxmere to 21.89% in Havelock North) Napier: 17.52% Central Hawke’s Bay: 24.44% More detail here. Havelock, your Big Mac is ready The Yule regime, which isn’t shy about announcing pre-election good news — like long-awaited urban parks suddenly appearing [...]
September 24, 2010
Voting papers returned as of COB Friday the 24th: Hastings District: 12.76% (ranging from 11.08% in Flaxmere to 15.62% in Havelock North) Napier: 13.54% Central Hawke’s Bay: 15.42% More detail here. CANDIDATES’ STANDS … ‘Tis the season for local body candidate surveys and questionnaires. Still pondering your vote? Here are the results to four questionnaires [...]
September 23, 2010
On 21 September, Hawke’s Bay Today published the following letter to the editor from Mark von Dadelszen, husband of Regional Councillor and candidate Eileen von Dadelszen. The next day, HBT graciously published my response to Team von Dadelszen, reproduced below. Since many BayBuzz readers decline to read HBT, here is the exchange. From Mark von [...]
September 22, 2010
The eagerly awaited report of the Land and Water Forum was released today … and not a day too soon as far as Hawke’s Bay water management is concerned. Fittingly titled A Fresh Start for Freshwater, the 85-page report (download here) provides a comprehensive blueprint for managing New Zealand’s freshwater resources. The Forum included representation [...]
September 21, 2010
Thanks to BayBuzz reader Danny Smith, I’ve just caught up with these remarks by Pita Sharples last July to the Indigenous Peoples’ Legal Water Forum. It’s a remarkable speech — hugely relevant to water decision-making here in Hawke’s Bay, given the co-governance arrangements for our region that are about to flow from Treaty settlements. Here [...]
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