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- HB councils in slooow motion
If you are looking for evidence of why consolidation of HB councils might be warranted, it’s furnished by the media release published verbatim… Read more: HB councils in slooow motion
Environment
- Calls for a dam reset
[Editor: CHB District Council meetings are supposed to be video-streamed. This meeting on the important topic of water storage was not. Hence we have published this account provided by an attendee.] A group calling for a public reset and an honest conversation about the Ruataniwha Dam 2.0 proposal recently met with Central Hawke’s Bay district… Read more: Calls for a dam reset - Skink Squad aims to save endangered beach dweller
There’s a Skink Squad in Hawke’s Bay on a mission to save one of the region’s last known native colonies. The squad is made up of experts from Biodiversity Hawke’s Bay, the National Aquarium NZ, Department of Conservation, Napier City Council and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council. Acting general manager of the aquarium Joe Woolcott said… Read more: Skink Squad aims to save endangered beach dweller - Energy is back on top …
Of the agenda. ‘Thanks’ to Donald Trump. [As published in May/June 2026 BayBuzz magazine.] Although most of this article will focus on Hawke’s Bay and NZ, it’s worth just briefly reminding ourselves of the planetary threat global warming represents. Lest we lose our sense of urgency. More and more evidence is stacking up that warming… Read more: Energy is back on top … - Put energy on the fast track
[As published in May/June 2026 BayBuzz magazine.] The Hawke’s Bay economy has a confidence problem. This has recently been made worse by McCain and Watties shuffling towards the exit door. From a multinational’s perspective we have expensive labour, land and shipping to export markets and sometimes volatile weather. The straw that finally broke them is… Read more: Put energy on the fast track
Culture
- Losing our cultural capital
[As published in May/June 2026 BayBuzz magazine.] In the most recent New Zealanders and The Arts report, following Cyclone Gabrielle, community members shared their views … “The recent weather event was a big disaster for Napier and Hastings, but the Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival played a vital role in bringing the communities morale up.” “It… Read more: Losing our cultural capital - Pipi was our friend
[As published in May/June BayBuzz magazine.] Alex Tylee on twenty years of food, colour and the art of creating a beautiful world. There’s a thread running through Alex Tylee’s life … through the farm kitchen of her Hawke’s Bay childhood, the birth of Pipi in Sydney, through a little coffee shop in Greytown, then a… Read more: Pipi was our friend - Home for 90,000 taonga officially opens
A pōwhiri to mark the completion of Amokura Hawke’s Bay Museum took place on Friday 1 May, with opportunities for the public to see inside the new building available on 10 May. While Amokura is not usually open to walk-in visits, booked tours on 10 May will give people a chance to see inside the… Read more: Home for 90,000 taonga officially opens - HB Music Gala
NZ Music Commission is supporting the Hawke’s Bay Music Industry Gala for a third year when the event is hosted at Toitoi on Tuesday 5 May, marking the start of NZ Music Month in the region. Held on the Opera House stage at Toitoi – Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre, the gala is a… Read more: HB Music Gala