I want to thank a very dedicated mother in Havelock North, Jane Parslow, who has been fighting for nearly two years to get the council to build a play area in the Arataki /Brookvale area. Due to a long wait by the council for a potential development to be finalised (in this financial climate, this [...]

Last Thursday I attended a very successful open day run by the HDC planning staff to answer explain and answer any questions residents may have had about the new Design Framework for the private areas in the Havelock North CBD. Many residents took advantage of this opportunity to provide council staff with valuable feedback. Ideas [...]

The HDC are currently discussing by-laws involving dog control, requiring all dogs to be on-lead at all times in public places. There will be a reasonably long list of places where dogs can be run off their leads but under the owners’ control. Early next year the council will begin consulting all of the district’s [...]

I was quite fascinated to read a letter to the Hawkes Bay Today complaining about the “noisy” devices orchardists and grape growers use to keep their precious crops safe from destruction. All I can say to the writer is get a good pair of earplugs and as my students would say; “get a life”! I [...]