Hawkes Bay TodayRoss McLeod: Grant to water company part of jobs policyA policy to help grow jobs in Hastings has been on Hastings District Council's books for more than two years and part of it is an 25 Sep 05:42 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayMike Williams: Watching the elections with interestBy now Hawke's Bay residents and ratepayers who have enrolled to vote in time will have their local election voting papers, though 24 Sep 05:59 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayLaura Vodanovich: Art is food for soulThe New Zealand International Film Festival ended on a high for me. The last film, Elle, was a gripping (albeit rather violent) 24 Sep 04:02 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayMarcus Agnew: Physical literacy key to health societyIn terms of schooling systems, when we stop and think about it, we are possibly overlooking the most fundamental of human educational 23 Sep 11:35 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayStuart Nash: time for change in Bay's policing strategyThe 2016 police culture survey is a terrible result for the Eastern District and the Police Minister, Judith Collins. If the minister 23 Sep 09:24 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayLetters to the Editor: Friday, 23 September, 2016Candidate's Facebook post regrets Yesterday, Hawke's Bay Today published an article on a comment I made to a friend on my personal 23 Sep 01:44 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayEditorial: We will tell you when councils meet in secretI received a tremendous response to my call in yesterday's editorial for readers to email me if they want Hawke's Bay Today to take 22 Sep 08:16 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayGrant Hammond: Project of great significance to cityI was very surprised that the local press recently failed to report on a major recommendation made to the Napier City Council Regulatory 22 Sep 04:36 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayBruce Bisset: The biggest shingle pile in the BayRegardless of HBRC chairman Fenton Wilson's statements this week - that the Ruataniwha dam can't be stopped, but that there are still 22 Sep 07:48 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayKerry Mackintosh: Investigation of aquifers urgently neededA Havelock North resident - who contracted campylobacter twice in July and has Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Reactive Arthritis as a result - decries selling pure water while the public supply became contaminated.21 Sep 07:08 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayEditorial: Public has a right to know how money is spentI reckon that if a referendum was held in Hawke's Bay to decide whether local councils should be allowed to exclude the public from 21 Sep 06:18 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayZero tolerance on crime the way to goCOMMENT: Those who drop rubbish, damage property or race cars down streets need to be told they have failed the test of citizenship, says a mayoral candidate.20 Sep 07:36 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayEva Bradley: Whisper sweet words of soporific wisdomINSOMNIA is a cruel bed partner and one whose horrors can only truly be understood by those who've laid with the beast for an extended 20 Sep 04:36 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayRoger Moroney: Check the origins of your humble spudsI once planted some "seed" potatoes during a clement Labour Weekend about 15 years ago. This is not an unusual pursuit for the slightly 19 Sep 06:12 PM
Hawkes Bay TodaySimon Nixon: Direct trans-Tasman flights the next stepI spotted a piece of great news recently embedded in an advertisement by Hawke's Bay Airport Ltd for two new management positions. 19 Sep 06:10 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayEditorial: Questions designed to give voters informationBy now most of you will have received your voting papers and some of you will have already ticked the boxes. It is important that 19 Sep 05:17 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayCynthia Bowers: I support the dam, but there are conditionsWater is understandably the hot topic for the upcoming local government elections. The time is right for a wide-ranging debate but 18 Sep 09:38 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayEditorial: Kura decision was purely politicalIt is clear that the Government's decision not to move the Kura Kaupapa to Havelock North was purely a political one. A hallmark 18 Sep 07:45 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayVoters link water scandal and dam schemeCOMMENT: The fact the failure of the proposed Ruataniwha dam scheme was not foreseen before huge sums of ratepayers' money was spent is a scandal.16 Sep 10:35 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayEditorial: Casting wide to get hands on the ShieldThere were several highlights during the Magpies' first (and let's hope not the last) victory against Southland as part of the oddly 16 Sep 08:55 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayTim Gilbertson: Healthy debate in short supplyPoor Cynthia. Cynthia Bowers has suggested an Environmental Ombudsman for Hawke's Bay. Given the heated debates about water quality 16 Sep 05:30 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayBruce Bisset: Napier's chance to shoot the dogAfter more than a decade here I've finally come to realise the majority of Hawke's Bay residents are right: Napier is so insular and 16 Sep 04:30 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayEditorial: Think before you drink, racegoersIt's time to dust off the fascinator - race season is here. And for women it means co-ordinating the right outfit, applying the fake 16 Sep 03:22 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayAnendra Singh: Why punish Langman?Three things cropped up this week as brainstorming material in the intriguing bubble we call sport. No1: Stephen Kearney's appointment 15 Sep 04:41 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayTony Jeffery: Strategy essential planning toolThe Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy (HPUDS) was formed in 2010 as a joint committee of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council15 Sep 07:30 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayWyn Drabble: I heard it on the 'gripevine'Yes, it's time once again to look at language misuse that irritates people. I know it irritates them because they write to me and 15 Sep 06:30 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayEditorial: Assessing the candidates in mayoral debatesHawke's Bay Today's two mayoral debates in Hastings and Central Hawke's Bay were huge successes with about 700 people attending over 14 Sep 11:01 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayTom Belford: Water dots are being connectedPeople across Hawke's Bay are connecting the dots when it comes to water. The gastro outbreak casts doubt on the sanctity of our 14 Sep 05:00 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayAnnemarie Quill: More talk is neededI was invisible for two years. I pretty much did not talk to anyone at school from when I was about 14 until 16, apart from the teachers 14 Sep 03:37 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayJessica Maxwell: Concrete coffins a hazard to driversNo sooner had Hastings District Council contractors finished constructing four ineffective and badly designed concrete traffic islands 13 Sep 05:30 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayRoger Moroney: Spring is sprung - almostWell, here we are just 10 days away from the first day of spring. Winter is on the wane, although some of the temperatures over the 13 Sep 04:30 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayEditorial: Gastro victims deserve answersWork will begin this week investigating how more than 5000 people got sick from contaminated water. Attorney-General Christopher 13 Sep 03:27 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayMalcolm Dixon: Councillor needs array of skillsA recent series of speaking engagements has motivated me to write this Talking Point. I have been asked a number of times questions 12 Sep 05:30 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayLinda Hall: Early breast screening a mustThe Breast Cancer Foundation is calling for free breast screening to be available for women once they reach 40. The current age is 12 Sep 04:30 AM
