BayBuzz

Who we are

Tom Belford – Editor, Senior Writer

Tom lives with his wife and daughter on a lifestyle block along the Tukituki. In the States, he worked chiefly in Washington in politics and public advocacy. He served in the Carter White house and worked for Ted Turner in his pre-billionaire days. His professional focus is marketing and media and he writes a blog for political/non-profit fundraisers & communicators called The Agitator.net.

Keith Newman – Contributor, Sub-Editor, Senior Writer

Keith is a journeyman journo with nearly40-years’ experience across mainstream and trade media. He and his wife Paula Novak moved from the bush in Titirangi to the beach at Haumoana in 2009. He’s won awards for writing about hi-tech, produces Musical Chairs programmes for Radio NZ and has had four books published, one on the internet in New Zealand and three on NZ history.

Kathy Webb – Conributor, Senior Writer

Kathy has been a Hawke’s Bay journalist for 25 years. She was the first female chief reporter at the former Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune, and inaugural chief reporter at Hawke’s Bay Today, moving later to the Dominion Post and now freelancing. Hastings has been home for 40 years. With children grown, husband Brendan and Kathy spend spare time trying to tame a wild block of land at Tangoio.