National Poetry Day arrives next week, and Bill Sutton of the Hawke’s Bay Live Poets’ Society has organised some events you might enjoy. From Bill … There’s a real buzz […]
New Napier sewage plant … why bother?
The Napier City Council proposes to spend $30 million on a ‘sewage treatment’ plant that — like its Hastings cousin, which must seek consent approval in 2013 — purports to […]
Napier Councillors opt for irrelevance … who cares?
On Monday, the Napier City Council issued a press release headlined: A United Napier City Council Responds to the Amalgamation Debate. It notes that Napier Councillors “met informally” to discuss […]
Choosing to be Poor
How many earn more than enough to just make ends meet? And what about the businesses they own or work for?
Cracking the trans-tasman broccoli trade
How then do we prepare for a future in which we feed Australia?
Maori Settlements Mean Economic Opportunity
Hawke’s Bay ‘the fruit bowl of New Zealand’, was once the catch cry of a very productive and prosperous region.
Confessions of An Art Junkie
Talk is cheap. Anyone can visit an exhibition or a local artist at their studio and say “that’s great” … but it doesn’t pay the bills. Reaching for your credit […]
A New Regime for Hawke’s Bay Tourism
Annie Dundas is in the spotlight, charged with managing $2.55 million of public investment in tourism in Hawke’s Bay.
Cranford Re-Born?
I approach writing an update on Cranford Hospice with some trepidation.
Keep local food production GM free
Time for Hawke’s Bay to take a stand as a GM free brand.
BayBuzz re-launch
As promised, Baybuzz is about to take a leap forward. Our new bi-monthly BayBuzz magazine will launch later this week. Here is a sneak preview online. You might have seen […]
They’re Back
A familiar story told in Hawke’s Bay is of the prodigal son or daughter who, after high school or attending university, leave the region…
The brat kid and the weak parent
We are denying future generations the prospects of a better life.
Science and R&D
Science and R&D are crucial to Hawke’s Bay. With primary sector blinkers on we limit our vision for the future.
When the ‘Big One’ hits
In Hawke’s Bay, do we really know how we’ll cope with a major natural disaster?
Hawke’s Bay gets investment company
The Regional Council yesterday finally approved its investment company, which will encompass the Port of Napier and other yet-to-be-invented public assets. As several Councillors noted, it was an approval “in […]
Diabetes strategy for Hawke’s Bay
Back in February we published an extensive article by Elizabeth Sisson on the Hawke’s Bay DHB’s diabetes strategy — A Diabetes Epidemic in Hawke’s Bay? Given the recent publicity about […]
Winston Peters … pure entertainment
Curiosity overcame me last Friday and I went to see Winston Peters speak at the Baptist Church in Hastings. I’ve never seen him perform in person before. I was not […]