January 29, 2012
Last week TAG Oil and Apache Corporation gave their briefing to the Regional Council regarding oil exploration in our region (the area targeted is on Hawke’s Bay’s southern boundary). Alex Ferguson of Apache actually did all the talking, and it was evident that he’s made this kind of presentation probably hundreds of times. Deliver the [...]
January 27, 2012
On Wednesday, MP Nick Smith gave a sweeping speech to the Nelson Rotary in his home constituency. He focused mostly on issues in his two ministerial portfolio areas … the environment and local government. With respect to the environment, Smith focused on protection of NZ’s ocean area, freshwater management, and the Emissions Trading Scheme. Here [...]
January 26, 2012
On Wednesday, MP Nick Smith gave a sweeping speech to the Nelson Rotary in his home constituency. He focused mostly on issues in his two ministerial portfolio areas … the environment and local government. What he said about local government reform is an important message all local government officials in Hawke’s Bay — and their [...]
January 25, 2012
The Regional Council, meeting in committee, yesterday unanimously approved terms of reference (TOR) for the regional performance study. The complete TOR are here. During the open discussion, two key points were firmly established. First, despite indirect language in the TOR, Councillors understand the TOR to mean that the study must look at current governance arrangements [...]
January 23, 2012
In their first quasi-public appearance in Hawke’s Bay, TAG Oil and Apache Corporation will make a presentation on Wednesday the 25th at 1pm to the HB Regional Council. I say “quasi-public” because this is not truly a public forum. TAG and Apache have yet to front up in a public forum in Hawke’s Bay where [...]
January 19, 2012
Next Wednesday the Regional Council will consider Terms of Reference for the study our five councils have agreed to conduct regarding the region’s economic, social and governance performance. Given that the Regional Council wrote the resolution upon which these Terms are grounded, approval should be forthcoming. These Terms were already approved by the Hastings Council [...]
January 17, 2012
BayBuzz has argued that the measurement test for clean water used by the HB Regional Council has been determined by Councillor Ewan Mc Gregor’s standard — “If I can see my toes, it’s OK.” Councillor McGregor says we have it all wrong. He’s organised a field day for anyone who wants to get the ‘truth’ [...]
- John J Harrison on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- John J Harrison on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- Pat Magill on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- Andrew Frame on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- David Bosley on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- John J Harrison on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- Pat Magill on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- John J Harrison on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- Michelle Pyke on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- Tom Belford on Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
- Yule and Arnott take risk concerns to Regional Council
- Regional Council nears meltdown
- Open appeal to Hawke’s Bay media
- Who will get the money?
- Demand escalates for ‘Time Out’ on $600 million dam
- Dam promises Maori jobs!
- Dazed and confused in Napier
- HB Regional Council = Arrogance
- Call for “time out” on dam project
- Toxic algae and the dam
