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Regional Council attacks Environment Court
Monday, 18 February 2013, 9:06 am | BayBuzz
At its coming Wednesday meeting, the Regional Council takes up what would appear to be a relatively minor, arcane item. More >>
Let’s write the paper for them!
Friday, 1 February 2013, 7:15 pm | BayBuzz
Yesterday’s HB Today ran a press release — you might have mistaken it for a news article — presenting the views of the Maori representative on the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s dam project stakeholders group. More >>
$80 million handout “well-deserved”?!
Thursday, 24 January 2013, 9:43 am | BayBuzz
Wed, Jan 23 2013 The National Business Review trumpeted Government’s announcement of a $80 million commitment to irrigation schemes in the next Budget with this headline: More >>
“Chaos” or Merely “Tough Nut”?
Wednesday, 23 January 2013, 10:06 am | BayBuzz
Apparently MUCH too tough to crack for a four-term mayor and a decades-serving chief executive — both long in the tooth — backed by twelve somnambulant councillors. More >>
Haul up the drawbridge, man the walls, fire up the oil!
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 9:46 am | BayBuzz
That’s the image used by Councillor Tim Gilbertson to mock the Regional Council’s proposal to defend itself from newly enacted legislation that will facilitate local government re-structuring. More >>
No ‘thumbs up’ to fracking from Parliamentary Commissioner
Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 4:14 pm | BayBuzz
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment , Dr Jan Wright, today released an interim report on her inquiry into the appropriateness of fracking in New Zealand. More >>
Should the regulator be the developer?
Friday, 23 November 2012, 9:02 am | BayBuzz
Garth Eyles is a Hawke’s Bay land use consultant and former HB Regional Council land management manager. He is a respected conservationist, familiar first hand with the farming environment in Central Hawke’s Bay. More >>
US election takeaways
Friday, 9 November 2012, 10:01 am | BayBuzz
First of all, with votes still being counted, I have Obama at 50.2% of the vote … only 0.7% off my prediction. But he’ll climb! More >>
CHB dam moves to next stage
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 5:57 pm | BayBuzz
I write this fresh from a meeting of the Regional Council today, where the decision was made to seek a resource consent, through a special Board of Inquiry process, for the proposed Central Hawke’s Bay water storage scheme. Plenty has been written ... More >>
BayBuzz posts Tukituki submissions
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 10:19 am | BayBuzz
Here on the BayBuzz website is an initial batch of submissions filed with respect to HBRC’s Tukituki Choices and the proposed dam project. More >>
“We beg you to build the dam!”
Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 10:54 am | BayBuzz
Last Wednesday the Regional Council enthusiastically ‘received’ the staff report recommending the ‘feasibility’ of the $600 million CHB water storage scheme. More >>
HB Regional Council … meet Judge Thompson!
Thursday, 6 September 2012, 9:53 am | BayBuzz
Judge Craig Thompson of the Environment Court handed down a landmark decision on Tuesday … one that will reverberate throughout New Zealand as a firm ruling that NZ’s freshwater needs far more serious protection. More >>
Oops! Hawke’s Bay needs reorganisation
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 11:35 am | BayBuzz
The nervously-awaited report on Hawke’s Bay’s path to prosperity, prepared by seasoned local government exec and consultant Peter Winder, has just been released. More >>
Unhealthy homes take Hawke’s Bay lives
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 10:37 am | BayBuzz
Remember back when our mayors, MPs and Regional Council were trying their utmost to delay a central government mandate to cleanup PM10 pollution by 2013? To remind you, PM10 consists of the small particulates — in this region, caused overwhelmingly ... More >>
Shared services breakthrough hailed
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 9:40 am | BayBuzz
Staffs at the Hastings and Napier Councils uncorked the champagne today when agreement was finally reached on a consistent schedule of fines for parking violations in the two districts. More >>
“Cowards” and “Imbeciles” Did It
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 9:50 am | BayBuzz
“It’s so disappointing. The stretch between Bay View and Westshore has people on it all the time, so these cowards have probably gone along there at night to do this.” More >>
Who represents me … and you?! - BayBuzz
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 9:36 am | BayBuzz
On Wednesday, the Regional Council will consider its submission to Parliament’s Local Government and Environment Select Committee. Drafted by HBRC staff, the submission would oppose the provisions of the Government’s pending bill designed to streamline ... More >>
How TAG Oil drills the public
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 11:04 am | BayBuzz
Here’s a media release today from the Environmental Defence Society regarding a consent granted to TAG Oil to commence activities in Gisborne. Makes pretty clear how this company does the very best it can … to operate outside of effective public ... More >>
Hastings Council agrees to webcasting…on to HBRC
Monday, 11 June 2012, 11:52 am | BayBuzz
The Hastings Council last week endorsed BayBuzz’s call for webcasting and online archiving of Council meetings. Necessary funding has been included in the new Long Term Plan for 2012-2022. Nearly 100 BayBuzz followers endorsed the proposal by ‘signing ... More >>
Quantity and quality scores with Hastings Council
Friday, 8 June 2012, 10:39 am | BayBuzz
Two somewhat different lobbying approaches appear to have produced reasonably pro-environmental results for the Hastings District long term plan (LTP). More >>
