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- HB’s MPs shirk leadership on Māori wards
Given that four of our HB councils have just reaffirmed decisions to create or maintain Māori seats, with impressive leadership from the four women heading those councils, BayBuzz set out to determine whether our local MPs might be speaking up on the issue. A fool’s errand. Ask MPs Catherine Wedd… Read more: HB’s MPs shirk leadership on Māori wards
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Environment
- HBRC science leaves water allocation murky
HBRC has proudly spent $4.7 million on detailed aerial mapping (via electromagnetic technology) of the Heretaunga and Ruataniwha aquifers (and other locations) conducted in early 2020. But the data acquired still can’t answer critical questions about aquifer water supply and availability. At a recent presentation to HBRC Councillors, staff and GNS Science expert Zara Rawlinson… Read more: HBRC science leaves water allocation murky - Solar power farming
[As published in September/October BayBuzz magazine.] Research solar power farming, as I have been doing for the last few weeks, to get a grip on Hawke’s Bay’s embrace of solar, and you’ll soon hear the famous inventor Thomas Edison’s quote from the 1880s. “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house… Read more: Solar power farming - Climate crisis update
[As published in September/October BayBuzz magazine.] As usual, we look at the latest evolution of climate crisis issues from planet scale to here in Hawke’s Bay, including the latest polling results on how well New Zealanders believe we are coping with climate change. The planet If there’s any surprise here, it is the pace of… Read more: Climate crisis update - Region’s bird population clobbered
Last week the HB Regional Council reported significant findings on the region’s bird population pre-and post Cyclone Gabrielle. The work undertaken was both hugely impressive and hugely depressing. Over the 2019-2024 window, HBRC’s biodiversity team has surveyed 292 kilometers of our rivers and 321 kilometers of our coastlines, allowing detailed pre- and post-cyclone comparisons across… Read more: Region’s bird population clobbered
Culture
- Uku Clay
[As published in September/October BayBuzz magazine.] When you visit Annette Bull and Natham Crossam’s home on a cold and blustery morning to chat about clay, you can be assured of a couple of things. There will be good coffee and a warm welcome, and you’ll stay longer than planned, because there is so much ground… Read more: Uku Clay - If you’re serious about music …
Especially creating and performing your own, you need to be plugged into the Hawke’s Bay Music Hub. Get expert advice on all aspects of music making and distribution. Get your artist profile on the Hub’s new web registry. Submit your own original song for consideration for the 4th annual Hawke’s bay Compilation Album. Submissions accepted until… Read more: If you’re serious about music … - Tangi story brings home truths
Hawke’s Bay’s Kristyl Neho knows funerals. Raised by a grandfather who was a funeral director, at one point, as a child, she attended between three and six tangi a week. Her grandfather Mane Neho was well-known and much loved, presiding over 10,000 funerals in his career. “I didn’t realise it wasn’t normal,” laughs Neho. “I… Read more: Tangi story brings home truths - Arts & culture funding in HB
This week the Hastings District Council reconsidered its funding of the Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival, one of the Bay’s signature events. Back at its birth in 2015, HDC supported the Festival with $85,000 grant funding from the Hawke’s Bay Opera House operational budget, a $50,000 underwrite and in-kind support from other Council operational budgets, like… Read more: Arts & culture funding in HB