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Help needed for Waimarama weekend clean-up
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 9:41 am | BayBuzz
Hawke’s Bay residents are called upon to help in a large-scale coastal clean-up for flood damaged areas such as Waimarama. More >>
Plan C for velodrome
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 4:22 pm | BayBuzz
As the budget season approaches, of course the Hastings Council will present a Plan A funding scheme if Hastings gets the nod for the North Island velodrome. More >>
Hawke's Bay DHB to debate fluoride
Friday, 18 February 2011, 11:15 am | BayBuzz
At its next meeting — Wednesday, February 23rd, 2pm — the DHB will take up the issue of fluoride in public drinking water. David Marshall, Principal Dental Officer, will make a presentation to the Board, which will then — in public session — ... More >>
Farewell to Dymocks … And Lessons Learnt
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 6:23 pm | BayBuzz
Dymocks Booksellers in Napier is gone, closing its doors for the last time on Saturday 29 January. More >>
Pick a colour: Green or Bluegreen
Monday, 31 January 2011, 10:57 am | BayBuzz
This past weekend saw a burst of rhetoric about New Zealand’s environment and the best paths to protect and enhance it. In Akaroa, the ‘Bluegreens’ were meeting. This is a group of 18 National Party MPs (neither MPs Foss or Tremain belong) and ... More >>
Velodrome competition in high gear
Friday, 28 January 2011, 3:33 pm | BayBuzz
Yesterday, at the precise time the Hastings Council was once again discussing its velodrome aspirations in public-excluded session, I was reading online the competing plans of the Auckland City Council. Here is the report prepared for the Auckland ... More >>
Whither water?
Friday, 3 December 2010, 2:15 pm | BayBuzz
For two days this week, a wide range of interested parties — farmers, environmentalists, Maori, orchardists, food processors, winegrowers, central and local government officials, consultants and others — were convened by the HB Regional Council to chart a course ... More >>
Hastings liquor policy
Monday, 29 November 2010, 2:48 pm | BayBuzz
Here’s a chance to have your say about pending national legislation regulating liquor … and the position the Hastings Council should take in the submission that Councillors are preparing. More >>
Protecting Urban & Suburban Trees
Sunday, 1 August 2010, 2:57 pm | BayBuzz
On Monday the 2nd, beginning at 9:30 am, the Hearings Committee of the Hastings Council will be considering Plan Change 51, which amends the protections in the District Plan for trees and heritage items. More >>
Excellent series on NZ rivers
Monday, 21 June 2010, 2:29 pm | BayBuzz
Last week the DomPost ran an excellent series on the state of policy-making governing New Zealand’s rivers. Important reading for those interested in protecting our rivers here in Hawke’s Bay. More >>
Pasture renewal worth billions
Friday, 27 November 2009, 10:08 am | BayBuzz
Here is the latest BayBuzz email update for editors@baybuzz.co.nz. Click here to visit the BayBuzz website. More >>
BayBuzz - It’s all about incomes
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 11:17 am | BayBuzz
Over coffee yesterday, a wise acquaintance — someone with considerable experience in both the apple and wine industries in Hawke’s Bay and beyond — made the comment: “The apple business is broke and the wine business is bankrupt.” More >>
BayBuzz: A tale of two EPAs
Friday, 2 October 2009, 11:59 am | BayBuzz
On October 1st, New Zealand’s new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) went live, a creation of the first phase of the National Government’s “reforms” of the Resource Management Act (RMA). More >>
Amalgamation? How about head-knockin’?!
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 12:54 pm | BayBuzz
On Wednesday, a relatively obscure “Action Item” was reported at the HB Regional Council meeting. It dealt with efforts to fashion a common approach to software systems upgrades among the region’s Councils. At least three of the five Councils are poised ... More >>
Death of a waterway
Friday, 7 August 2009, 11:07 am | BayBuzz
That headline, referring to Hawke’s Bay’s Mohaka River, ran on the top of the front page of yesterday’s (August 6) Dominion Post, with a massive photo. [The top headline in the corresponding Hawke’s Bay Today, our deeply inquiring local ... More >>
Contaminants - BayBuzz wins Ombudsman appeal!
Monday, 3 August 2009, 11:29 am | BayBuzz
Back on October 8, 2008, I made an Official Information Act request to the Regional Council regarding the existence of 3,000+ sites in Hawke’s Bay potentially with toxic waste contaminants on them. More >>
Hawke's Bay water update meeting - Don't miss!
Monday, 3 August 2009, 11:26 am | BayBuzz
There’s HEAPS going on with respect to water management in Hawke’s Bay. From water metering to water harvesting, from stormwater to wastewater, from the Tukituki (looking more promising) to the Mohaka (looking grim), from rivers to aquifers. More >>
BayBuzz: Shame on National!
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:25 am | BayBuzz
So says the Green Party, after National voted yesterday to kill a bill that would seek to strengthen implementation of NZ’s Marine Mammal Protection Act and related laws. More >>
Regional Council report cards
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 9:36 am | BayBuzz
The HB Regional Council was recently rated on two report cards, and issued one of its own. More >>
BayBuzz - Taco Bell coming too!
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 12:11 pm | BayBuzz
The OECD reports that Kiwis are the third-fattest people in the developed world ( details here ). Responding aggressively, the hard-charging American purveyor of Mexican food, Taco Bell, today announced plans for a nation-wide NZ campaign, to be launched ... More >>
