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Visitor extinction … a Chicken Little fable
To curb its rates burden, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has proposed the staged defunding of Hawke’s Bay Tourism, dropping…
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Environment
3 Waters update … HB’s future path?
The Government just announced its new water infrastructure model for Auckland’s Watercare, which signals how Hawke’s Bay and the rest of NZ will be treated when it comes to managing…
Dan Bloomer … soil man in search of answers
So, for the 20th year in succession, Dan’s getting a group of very smart people in a room and hoping they can provide them. LandWise 2024 – Rebuilding Our Soils…
Hawke’s Bay, a leaking bucket
[As published in May/June BayBuzz magazine.] Hawke’s Bay is leaking like a sieve. That really is the long and the short of this region’s water infrastructure situation. According to the…
Fluoride data too mysterious
Wherever one sits in the fluoride debate in Hawke’s Bay (I brush with fluoride toothpaste and rainwater), our residents deserve better data from our health system. So long as a…
Culture
A matter of taste
[As published in May/June BayBuzz magazine.] Nomadic gatherers used tongue and nose to test possible foods. Not in a pretentious sommelier-adjacent way (cat’s piss on a gooseberry bush was just…
Rainbow Warriors: The fight for young hearts and minds
[Published in May/June BayBuzz magazine. Updated 12 May.] August 2020. Upstairs at Hastings Library is abuzz, kids and carers relishing in relative freedom. A gathered bubble of mothers and our…
Venting
[As published in May/June BayBuzz magazine.] My computer password is HelpM3Please. OK, I know I shouldn’t publish such things, but I promise to change it before this goes to print.…
Nurturing HB’s local music talent
Last Wednesday, to kick off the 25th annual New Zealand Music Month, Hawke’s Bay Music Hub held a gala. Proprietor and local music industry puppet master, Kevin Murphy, issued an…