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		<title>Update on Tukituki clean-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With dead fish floating in the Tukituki recently, BayBuzz checked on the status of the much-heralded plan to build a system that would dispose of CHB’s treated effluent on land instead of into the river.
Inexcusably, it seems that the CHB District Council fell asleep on the consent paperwork, requiring the HB Regional Council to step [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2173</link>
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		<title>Councillor Tim Gilbertson resigns!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a move that shocked his fellow Councillors, Tim Gilbertson yesterday resigned from the Regional Council. In a meandering resignation soliloquy, here&#8217;s what Gilbertson had to say &#8230;
I can no longer pretend that I&#8217;m making a contribution on behalf of my CHB constituency to the conduct of the region&#8217;s governance. I had thought I might [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2161</link>
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		<title>Shameless pitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s for an American band. But hey, it&#8217;s from a local HB boy &#8230; Paul Paynter.
Here&#8217;s what Paul says about the Old Crow Medicine Show, a country/bluegrass band performing March 20 at the HB Opera House. [As far as I know, he's not their manager.]
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Heading north out of Atlanta, all I could find on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2155</link>
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		<title>Passions run high at Hastings Council</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday was an emotional day at the Hastings Council as Councillors weighed the trade-offs in the draft 2010/11 annual budget, soon to be issued for public consultation.
What was all the fuss about?
Well, it wasn&#8217;t over the 90% increase in staff costs over the last eight years.
No, it wasn&#8217;t over whether the new Clive sewage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2135</link>
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		<title>Man About Town</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bit of a twist this weekend, our Man About Town, Andrew Frame takes some shots at the recent Art Deco celebrations. But firing back is Robert McGregor of the Art Deco Trust.
You be the judge.
Sooo Last Century
By Andrew Frame
Art Deco Weekend rolled around once again a couple of weeks ago. One of the last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2145</link>
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		<title>Havelock North celebrates 150 years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting next Monday, March 8, Havelock North will begin officially celebrating its 150th anniversary.
Events and activities range from historical tours (including a cemetery tour) and presentations to a Civic Lunch at Black Barn on Saturday March 13 to a special choral service at St Luke&#8217;s.
Click here for details.
Tom Belford
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		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2128</link>
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		<title>Cranford &#8220;audit&#8221; update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two &#8220;auditors&#8221; from the Technical Advisory Service (TAS), one an Australian palliative medicine specialist and the leader a non-clinician, were in Hawke&#8217;s Bay last week to investigate complaints about care at Cranford Hospice.
TAS is a shared service used by a number of North Island DHBs to conduct &#8220;independent&#8221; reviews of program performance.
Since Hawke&#8217;s Bay DHB [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2122</link>
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		<title>Deciphering HPUDS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, elected representatives of the Hastings, Napier and Regional Councils will meet to select their preferred growth scenario for the Heretaunga Plains, as well as determine the materials and process they will use to seek official public consultation.
The scenario ultimately chosen as the Heretaunga Plains Urban Growth Strategy, and then embedded in District Plans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2093</link>
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		<title>Dead trout  in Tukituki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days, fishermen have observed and recovered dead mature trout in the Tukituki, below the Patangata Bridge.
The trout have a black fungus growing in their gills.
One such trout apparently has been sent to a lab for analysis. A potential source of the fungus is sewage.
Meanwhile, we wait and wait for CHB to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2085</link>
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		<title>Napier Offers Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Section 10 of the Local Government Act 2002 says that: &#8220;The purpose of local government is … to promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of communities, in the present and for the future.&#8221;
Our local Councils seem to struggle with the &#8220;social well-being&#8221; part of this mandate. They shrug off this responsibility, usually saying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2075</link>
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		<title>Warning salvo on water management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a special panel appointed by the Environment and Local Government Ministers issued its recommendations on how water use and protection should be managed in Canterbury.
In a nutshell, the panel recommended firing Environment Canterbury, the area&#8217;s regional council. From its report:
&#8220;&#8230;the Review Group has concluded that ECan’s performance on water policy and  management [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2066</link>
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		<title>HBOH + HBMAG = Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are two articles from the February BayBuzz Digest that will bring you up to date with planning for the Hawke&#8217;s Bay Opera House and the Hawke&#8217;s Bay Museum and Art Gallery.
In his interview, More Initiative, More Flexibility, General Manager Roger Coleman explains how HBOH&#8217;s new business structure will enable the Opera House to plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2058</link>
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		<title>Final Buzzmakers Selected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last issue of BayBuzz Digest we attempted to identify one hundred individuals in Hawke’s Bay who make an uncommon impact on the well-being of the region … the 100 Top Buzzmakers of Hawke’s Bay.
How can one make an uncommon impact? By excelling in some field of endeavor. By influencing the direction of local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2051</link>
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		<title>Look ahead in education, health, commerce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the latest BayBuzz Digest, more on what to expect in the year ahead from Hawke&#8217;s Bay leaders &#8230;
In Focus on Youth, EIT’s Claire Hague reports on innovations at Hastings Girls HS and Wairoa College which seem to be pointing a way, not only to keep senior students in school, but to help them thrive.
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2042</link>
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		<title>Yule, Arnott, Dick look to future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the latest Baybuzz Digest, our elected Council leaders have each provided their outlook for the year ahead, which you can review using the links highlighted below.
Mayor Arnott, in a Pretty Good Year Ahead, paints the rosiest picture &#8230; it looks like clear sailing for the residents of Napier.
Mayor Yule, in The Year of Democracy, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/2022</link>
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		<title>Cranford needs broader review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The review initiated by the Health and Disability Commissioner is a positive step &#8230; but a limited one as presently described.
What kind of inquiry into the situation at Cranford Hospice will best dig into the issues, yield meaningful findings and recommendations, and produce outcomes that restore public confidence in the institution?
These factors need to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/1969</link>
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		<title>The Lawrencus Yulus saga continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Faithful BayBuzz readers have been mesmerized by our saga of Lawrencus Yulus, an ancient but familiar despot, who governed our fair Bay, once called Heretuscany, but not without challenge from other local potentates.
Entrails is scribe Brendan Webb&#8217;s third installment in the saga. [Here are Part 1 and Part 2 if you need refreshing on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/1957</link>
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		<title>Cranford and Tukituki updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some important developments have occurred on key BayBuzz issues &#8230;
Cranford Hospice

If you&#8217;ve seen or heard any other media in the last 24 hours, you know that the DHB has launched a &#8220;clinical review&#8221; of care-giving at Cranford. Here&#8217;s DHB&#8217;s media release, as well as a statement from Presbyterian Support &#8220;welcoming&#8221; the review. DHB says it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/1924</link>
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		<title>Crucial decision for the Tukituki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Hastings Council issued its staff report on the resource consent application of Andy Coltart and Australia-based landowner Garth Paterson to intensively develop a 25 hectare property along the Tukituki (indeed, 8.5 hectares is the riverbed and river channel itself!), at one of the river&#8217;s most scenic and recreationally enjoyed locations.
[See previous BayBuzz [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/1909</link>
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		<title>Cranford Hospice &#8211; Dying in Hawke&#8217;s Bay, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we posted Part 1 of Dying in Hawke&#8217;s Bay, our investigation into the state of affairs at Cranford House. Below is Part 2. The entire article can be downloaded here.
Dying in Hawke&#8217;s Bay &#8211; Part 2
By Mark Sweet and Tom Belford
The Management
In January 2008 Shaun Robinson, CEO of PSEC, announced the recruitment of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.baybuzz.co.nz/archives/1894</link>
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