To curb its rates burden, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has proposed the staged defunding of Hawke’s Bay Tourism, dropping from $1,520,000 to $520,000 next fiscal year (commencing 1 July 2024), then to $260,000 in 25-26, then to nil. If implemented, HB Tourism’s chair George Hickton asserts HB visitor economy will “threatened with extinction”. Hyperbole, to […]