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A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course

Mark Sweet

Mark Sweet takes an inside look at Hawke’s Bay’s horse culture READ MORE

Keith Newman

Keith Newman discovers HB's business leader groups get taste of own medicine READ MORE

Keith Newman

Keith Newman asks if Te Aute College can recover its financial, moral and academic mana READ MORE

Brett Monteith

Just whose dam is it anyway? READ MORE

‘Call-in’ versus ‘Time Out’ on Dam
Tom Belford
The HB Regional Council is plowing ahead with its $600 million dam scheme, even as more voices join those who have been... READ MORE
Councils Setting Annual Budgets
Jess Soutar Barron
Every three years councils set out work programmes and budget priorities in their Long Term Plans (LTP). Then every... READ MORE
Inside Hawke’s Bay Politics, circa May
Tom Belford
Politics 2013 is already getting quite complicated for the casual bystander. A stunning retirement in Napier... READ MORE
Fighting Talk: Hawke’s Bay telco challenges big duopoly
Keith Newman
Keith Newman talks to the executive team at feisty local telco NOW about humble beginnings and getting match fit to... READ MORE
The ‘F’ Word
Jess Soutar Barron
In October people living in Hastings, Flaxmere and Havelock North will have the chance to vote on whether fluoride... READ MORE

Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au I am the river and the river is me
9 May 2013 - Ngati Kahungunu
Editor’s Note … Water is an integral, defining part of Mãori self-identity. And here in Hawke’s Bay, Ngãti... READ MORE
GMOs… like possums, rabbits and gorse
9 May 2013 - Pure Hawkes Bay
In amongst the 1,100-odd pages of the draft Hastings District Plan is an exciting proposal to capture a huge marketing... READ MORE

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From The Editor
Tom Belford
Start paying attention! This year’s local council elections seem far off at this point, but the key issues are... Read more
‘Re-grooving’ the Agricultural Mafia
Phyliss Tichinin
To dam or not to dam. The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council assures us that if the Makaroro dam is built, Ruataniwha... Read more
Why doesn’t Hawke’s Bay have a University?
Claire Hague
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard people wondering why Hawke’s Bay doesn’t have a university. Before I... Read more

The Best Years of Our Lives: Volunteering for Cranford Hospice
Kay Bazzard
What would New Zealand do without its willing volunteers? A two-yearly study by Statistics New Zealand shows that a... Read more
The Hawke’s Bay House. Just Another Open Home?
Anthony Vile
How far the house and culture of home making has evolved, from our ancestral cave dwellers to Grand Designs and other... Read more
King of the Blockheads propelled to game fame
Keith Newman
Keith Newman talks to games developer David Frampton about the real world of coding, mind-enhancing virtual worlds... Read more

Hawke’s Bay’s Literary Pursuits
Lizzie Russell
When you think of Hawke’s Bay, do you imagine a literary hub – a thriving centre of writing and publishing? If you... Read more
Going to plan
Brendan Webb
The office photocopier hummed and clunked, sliding the final white sheet of printed paper out into the bottom tray. The... Read more
Out, Damned Spot
Paul Paynter
Half of the world will die! That’s roughly what Reverend Thomas Malthus predicted some 200 years ago in his Essay on... Read more