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Napier-Taupo Rd May Be Open Tonight
Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 5:55 pm | Hastings District Council
The New Zealand Transport Agency, Police and Hastings and Taupo Civil Defence may decide to open State Highway Five, between Napier and Taupo, from 6.30pm. Currently there are just a few vehicles blocking the road at Waipunga and tow-trucks are currently ... More >>
Road Still Closed - State Highway Five
Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 10:18 am | Hastings District Council
The operation to get State Highway Five open continues this morning and Civil Defence is checking farming communities are safe. Road Conditions: State Highway Five remains closed due to heavy snow and abandoned cars still on the road. It is hoped the remaining ... More >>
Hastings Urban Design Strategy - Meeting 6 Oct
Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 9:29 am | Hastings District Council
Hastings District Council is continuing discussion of issues and responses to what Hastings wants to look like in the future. A public meeting tonight will include a presentation by international acclaimed urban designer Kobus Mentz of Urbanism ... More >>
All Unaccounted for Travelers Have been Located
Monday, 5 October 2009, 4:12 pm | Hastings District Council
Hawke's Bay Civil Defence staff have now matched all evacuees, who were forced to abandon their cars in heavy snow on State Highway Five last night, with reports received from the public of unaccounted for relatives. More >>
Drivers of Abandoned Cars Asked to be Patient
Monday, 5 October 2009, 2:29 pm | Hastings District Council
Police have asked drivers of abandoned cars to be patient after a number of drivers have attempted to get to their cars using their own four-wheel-drives. More >>
Drivers of Abandoned Vehicles to Collect Cars
Monday, 5 October 2009, 12:14 pm | Hastings District Council
The first bus load of drivers evacuated from snowed-in State Highway Five last night have left Hukarere Girls College to collect the cars they abandoned in heavy snow last night. One bus of 50 drivers has left and another two buses are preparing to ... More >>
All Trapped Passengers Evacuated from SH5
Monday, 5 October 2009, 11:06 am | Hastings District Council
The Army has advised that all passengers trapped in vehicles along snowed in State Highway Five in high country between Napier and Taupo have been evacuated from their cars. More >>
Napier-Taupo drivers should report at 10am
Monday, 5 October 2009, 10:17 am | Hastings District Council
It is important those drivers who have been evacuated to Hawke’s Bay, after weather closed State Highway 5 late yesterday, report to Hukarere Girls College in Eskdale at 10am, Monday 5 October. Thirty-eight people who have remained with their vehicles ... More >>
Drivers told to stay put
Monday, 5 October 2009, 9:55 am | Hastings District Council
Drivers still trapped on the Napier-Taupo Road after snow closed the roads yesterday evening, are being asked to remain with their vehicles until evacuated by police. New Zealand Army uni-mogs have travelled up State Highway 5 from Napier to meet snow ... More >>
400 People Evacuated On Napier/Taupo Highway
Monday, 5 October 2009, 9:31 am | Hastings District Council
State Highway Five, between Napier and Taupo, has been closed by heavy snow but it’s believed up to 200 vehicles are trapped. More >>
Residents Asked to Conserve Water
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 3:24 pm | Hastings District Council
Over the next three weeks Hastings District Council will be working on the Main Hastings reservoirs and is asking residents to conserve water during that time. More >>
Second Guilty Verdict In Cemetery Littering Case
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 2:16 pm | Hastings District Council
A second man, charged with littering at Havelock North Cemetery, has been found guilty and fined in Hastings District Court today. More >>
Hastings District Supports Broadband Proposal
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 12:34 pm | Hastings District Council
Hastings’ Mayor Lawrence Yule fully supports the Government rural broadband announcement which makes rural deployment of ultra-fast broadband to schools a priority. More >>
Council Decides Not To Appeal NAR Decision
Friday, 18 September 2009, 4:18 pm | Hastings District Council
In an informal discussion yesterday, Hastings District Councillors agreed unanimously not to fight the decision of independent commissioners to decline the Northern Arterial Route (NAR) designation. This week independent commissioners declined the designation ... More >>
Northern Arterial Route Declined by Commissioners
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 10:24 am | Hastings District Council
Hastings District Council is disappointed independent commissioners have declined a proposed designation for the Northern Arterial Route. The council put its justification for the proposed 7.5km linkage between the Expressway and Havelock North up for scrutiny ... More >>
Alleged Building Fraudster Arrested
Thursday, 10 September 2009, 4:24 pm | Hastings District Council
A man who allegedly stripped a couple’s bathroom, charged them $6600 and then disappeared has been arrested. In September, Flaxmere residents Joyce and Barry Brough were left with no bathroom after the man claimed he’d received building consents to refurbish ... More >>
Costs Awarded to HDC in Sports Park Case
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 11:31 am | Hastings District Council
The Hawke’s Bay Land Protection Society has been ordered to pay Hastings District Council $10,000 plus disbursements Earlier this year, the Hawke’s Bay Protection Society initiated a judicial review in the High Court of the consent process followed ... More >>
Hastings Urban Design Strategy Kicks Off Tonight
Monday, 7 September 2009, 10:23 am | Hastings District Council
Hastings District Council is starting its public consultation tonight on what residents want the CBD’s of Hastings, Flaxmere and Havelock North to look like in future. More >>
Government and Council Join Forces
Monday, 7 September 2009, 9:53 am | Hastings District Council
Hastings District Council is stepping up to lead a Work and Income scheme to get unemployed young people working in the communities that need help most. Community Max aims to support 18 to 24-year-olds, who are currently on an unemployment benefit, ... More >>
Fire Extinguisher Fraudsters Hit Hastings in March
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 4:26 pm | Hastings District Council
A fire extinguisher scam thought to be operating in Hastings today actually happened earlier this year. Hastings District Council staff acted on information that a scam was operating in Hastings’ main street today but investigations have revealed the ... More >>
