Mayor Yule, meet Mayor Arnott. As much as you claim you and other local elected leaders have linked arms to put amalgamation on the agenda, consider this … You indeed […]
Rainbow event cancelled
HDC this past week regretfully cancelled a Rainbow Storytime educational event scheduled for the Hastings Public Library, fearing it could not ensure the safety of young people attending in the […]
Delaney Davidson to perform new album at Toitoi
Delaney Davidson, multi award winning singer/songwriter and NZ Arts Foundation Laureate, has just released his tenth studio album, Out of My Head, and is about to tour New Zealand. Ahead of […]
Great yoga venues in the Bay
When Bay Buzz’s editor, Tom Belford, posed the question about the current torchbearers in the Hawke’s Bay’s yoga scene following the departure of long-standing yoga luminaries Doris and Urs Blum […]
Green shoots of recovery
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] Twelve months on from the cyclone, BayBuzz takes a look at some of our key sectors – how they are doing, and the challenges […]
Health System needs intensive care
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] The coalition government’s catchall for making Aotearoa New Zealand a better, healthier country is ‘targeted funding for populations in need’. In his State of […]
Behind the Great Wall: China’s economic role
[As published in Mar/Apr BayBuzz magazine.] Being in close (ish!) proximity to many Asian countries led to a period of great economic growth for New Zealand, Australia, and other local […]
Ngāti Kahungunu mobilising
A Hui Taumata will be held in Ngāti Kahungunu on 31 May hosted by Omāhu Marae to identify solutions for Māori Unity – Kotahitanga. Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc. Chair, Bayden […]
Our disaster defence failed, now what?
Our councils this week released the independent report they commissioned on how the region’s Civil Defence and Emergency Management Group handled Cyclone Gabrielle. By all accounts the investigation and report […]
Picking sides on rates
What happens when you add $248 million in cyclone recovery projects to a council’s existing workload, with a ‘normal’ operating budget around $77 million and ‘normal’ capital expenditures in the […]
Tremains assists youth basketballers
Basketball Hawke’s Bay has announced that Tremains, through a three-year partnership, will be helping underwrite the cost of kids participating in youth basketball in the region. Across Napier, Hastings and […]
I just wish the world wanted fondue back!
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] As a fashion, food, like the rag trade, regurgitates the old, adds a twist and presents us with something new in order to excite […]
The Te Tiriti o Waitangi journey
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] I didn’t vote for David Seymour. Jacinda Ardern may be right in that he’s “an arrogant prick”, but at least he has courage. Seymour’s […]
Heavy Lifting as NZ goes for Olympic Gold
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] Nigel Avery will have one of the best seats in the house at this year’s Paris Olympics. The Hawke’s Bay based former Olympian and […]
A Taonga in our hands: The Future of Ahuriri Estuary
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] Unlike many other estuaries in New Zealand, Ahuriri has not yet reached the point of no return. So the establishment of a tributaries catchment […]
Hawke’s Bay has smashed this quarter …
That’s how ASB began its assessment of HB’s economic performance in its latest quarterly review of the NZ economy. Hawke’s Bay jumped up 4 places to #3 in their regional […]
Awatoto making a comeback
The Awatoto industrial area and surrounding homes were devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle. And flooding of the Napier City wastewater treatment plant didn’t help matters, creating quite a hazardous contamination zone. […]
Mourning Michal McKay
With great sadness we must announce that Michal McKay, a long time editor and contributor in many ways to BayBuzz, passed away on over the weekend. Michal virtually mothered the […]
On the Tools
Five essentials for every home kitchen [As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] Alexandra Tylee seems a little bemused as to why I want to talk to her. “I’m not really […]
The fight of our lives
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] The election and induction of the new coalition government have sent shockwaves around Māoridom. The new coalition government of National, Act and NZ First […]
He Waka Eke Noa
Hawke’s Bay’s flourishing waka ama community [As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] “GO!” The green flag flies on Lake Karapiro at the 2024 Aotearoa Waka Ama National Sprint Championships. Sixty […]