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Pesticides: Now More than Ever
That’s the headline for last Tuesday’s New York Times column by food writer Mark Bittman. Bittman says he wrote the column for three reasons: “I was impressed by a statement […]
Situation Vacant
As the Regional Council plays musical chairs, assigning 60% of chief executive Andrew Newman’s time to the HB Regional Investment Company to guide further development of the dam project, this […]
Do the headlines say it all?
Fascinating collection of misleading headlines in HB Today this past week. Clearly the headline writers working for HBT owner APN in Auckland, Sydney, Shanghai — or wherever — don’t actually […]
Haul up the drawbridge, man the walls, fire up the oil!
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. The Council’s sturdy […]
No ‘thumbs up’ to fracking from Parliamentary Commissioner
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. In short, no ‘thumbs up’ […]
Please give 5 minutes to BayBuzz
You probably have noticed we’re conducting a BayBuzz Reader Survey, seeking feedback on our magazine. If you haven’t had a chance to take it, I hope you will. How about […]
Should the regulator be the developer?
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 […]
More articles from Nov/Dec BayBuzz mag
Here are the rest of the articles from Nov/Dec BayBuzz. Download. Print. Email to friends. Like. Pin it. Etc. From The Editor, by Tom Belford HBRIC? What’s that? Regional Council […]
No illicit sex in Hawke’s Bay
Baybuzz is pleased to report that, after a meticulous review of thousands of emails sent by Hawke’s Bay’s elected officials and chief executives over the past two years, we can […]
Nov/Dec BayBuzz Now Online
The latest BayBuzz magazine is now online. View it exactly as published with our nifty online reader. Or check out individual feature articles here … Wanted: Superstar Farmers, by Tom […]
US election takeaways
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! No insight on my part. […]
From the Editor
HBRIC? What’s that? Regional Council passes the heavy lifting on its dam to its investment company. I write this fresh from a meeting of the Regional Council, where the decision […]
Winder Report Delivers Bay’s Report Card
A report on our region’s lagging socioeconomic performance, the role local government plays in those issues (and how well), and ways to move forward.
Marking Time
He watched from the shelter of a shop doorway as the car slowly drove past. The driver, a young woman, had circled the block several times looking for a space […]
Yes, Art Happens South of the Bombay Hills
East 2012, the major art event on the Hastings City Art Gallery’s calendar appears, at first, to have revived the old Hawke’s Bay Review format of a guest selector. The […]
What’s art without an audience?
Earlier in the year I was fortunate enough to attend Creative New Zealand’s 21st Century Arts Conference 2012 in Wellington. The theme was ‘building audience capital’. The audience and their […]
The Best Years of Our Lives
Happiness in the Third Age It seems that we in the Western world are obsessed with happiness. Social scientists in universities around the world are trawling through data to present […]
Local lifestyle, global dominion for Bay’s hi-tech ambassador
Keith Newman chats with Rod Drury about his hi-tech townhouse, Xero’s billion dollar vision and Hawke’s Bay as kids’ capital and a haven for top executives. Software supremo Rod Drury […]
Getting inspired
I’ve been news-fasting recently. For those of you who haven’t heard the term, it’s a deliberate decision to not listen to, watch or read any media for a while based […]