In 2022, the Hawke’s Bay Water Polo Club consisted of half a dozen kids splashing around the pool at St Joseph’s School. Now they boast over 700 members and are […]
PM Luxon’s social targets
The Government has announced nine social targets to be met by 2030. That would be by the end of a second term. Here they are: True to his corporate roots, […]
Gov’t ticks off HB mayors
Hawke’s Bay’s regional elected leaders are at odds with the Government over Māori wards. Local Government Minister Simeon Brown announced last week that a bill will be introduced to Parliament to “restore […]
Mind your business
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] Somebody did their business on the berm outside my house. I was alerted to it when I spied a facemask discarded in the gutter […]
Fast tracking the fast tracking
Ministers Shane Jones (Regional Development) and Chris Bishop (RMA Reform, Infrastructure) officially opened the application window for Government’s ‘Fast Track’ approvals regime this week. And you better get yours in […]
HB pilgrims visit Wellington
A sizable delegation of Hawke’s Bay representatives recently made the mandatory pilgrimage to Wellington to plead for Government funding support. Our team – three of our mayors, HBRC chair and […]
A place to dream
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] As the April school holidays approach, excitement is bubbling to boiling point amongst creative teens across the breadth of the country. National Youth Drama […]
Standardised recycling – what’s the big deal?
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] There’s been a major change in the way Aotearoa New Zealand deals with recycling. If you live here in the Bay though, you won’t […]
The coast with the most
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] Anyone who knows anyone, who’s ever had anything to do with anyone living in Hawke’s Bay, will tell you that we love a wine […]
Olympic Swimming Trials come to the Bay
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] New Zealand’s best swimmers, such as new world champions Lewis Clareburt and Erika Fairweather, are coming to Hawke’s Bay. The 2024 Apollo Projects NZ […]
Rainbow event cancelled
HDC this past week regretfully cancelled a Rainbow Storytime educational event scheduled for the Hastings Public Library, fearing it could not ensure the safety of young people attending in the […]
Delaney Davidson to perform new album at Toitoi
Delaney Davidson, multi award winning singer/songwriter and NZ Arts Foundation Laureate, has just released his tenth studio album, Out of My Head, and is about to tour New Zealand. Ahead of […]
Great yoga venues in the Bay
When Bay Buzz’s editor, Tom Belford, posed the question about the current torchbearers in the Hawke’s Bay’s yoga scene following the departure of long-standing yoga luminaries Doris and Urs Blum […]
Green shoots of recovery
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] Twelve months on from the cyclone, BayBuzz takes a look at some of our key sectors – how they are doing, and the challenges […]
Health System needs intensive care
[As published in March/April BayBuzz magazine.] The coalition government’s catchall for making Aotearoa New Zealand a better, healthier country is ‘targeted funding for populations in need’. In his State of […]
Behind the Great Wall: China’s economic role
[As published in Mar/Apr BayBuzz magazine.] Being in close (ish!) proximity to many Asian countries led to a period of great economic growth for New Zealand, Australia, and other local […]
Ngāti Kahungunu mobilising
A Hui Taumata will be held in Ngāti Kahungunu on 31 May hosted by Omāhu Marae to identify solutions for Māori Unity – Kotahitanga. Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc. Chair, Bayden […]
Our disaster defence failed, now what?
Our councils this week released the independent report they commissioned on how the region’s Civil Defence and Emergency Management Group handled Cyclone Gabrielle. By all accounts the investigation and report […]
Picking sides on rates
What happens when you add $248 million in cyclone recovery projects to a council’s existing workload, with a ‘normal’ operating budget around $77 million and ‘normal’ capital expenditures in the […]
Tremains assists youth basketballers
Basketball Hawke’s Bay has announced that Tremains, through a three-year partnership, will be helping underwrite the cost of kids participating in youth basketball in the region. Across Napier, Hastings and […]