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Waimārama Beach proposal would ban cars and utes, require ATV permits (opens the original)
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The council is seeking feedback from the community on proposed changes to vehicle access to Waimārama Beach. Photo / Hastings District Council Vehicle access to Waimārama Beach could be tightened under proposals being considered by Hastings District Council. The council is seeking feedback on two changes. One would amend the existing bylaw for Hastings beaches to allow more flexible vehicle restrictions, including different rules for vehicle types, permits, approvals and exemptions. The other, i
'Disappointing': Govt puts Hawke’s Bay amalgamation proposal on hold (opens the original)
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Central Hawke’s Bay Mayor Will Foley (left), Napier Mayor Richard McGrath and Hastings Mayor Wendy Schollum say that while they are disappointed in the delay, they would use the time to strengthen their modelling. Hawke’s Bay’s push for a unitary council has been put on hold after the Government deferred decisions on Head Start proposals until early 2027. Hastings District, Napier City and Central Hawke’s Bay councils submitted their joint proposal by the August 9 deadline, after the Government
Napier council wants to sell struggling resort to Aussie company for $20m (opens the original)
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The Napier City Council is proposing to sell Kennedy Park Resort. Photo / Napier City Council The Napier City Council wants to sell its struggling Kennedy Park Resort for about $20 million to an Australian-owned company. Under the proposal, the land Kennedy Park sits on would be leased out for up to 30 years, and its assets and operations sold to Hampshire (NZ), a company that operates holiday parks around New Zealand. The money from the sale would pay off the resort’s $8.5m or so debt, and some
Political candidate bitten while campaigning – what he'd change about the dog control act (opens the original)
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Tukituki Act candidate Rob Douglas was bitten by a dog while campaigning for the November general election. A Hawke’s Bay political candidate bitten by a dog while out campaigning is calling for temperament assessments to be considered as part of the Government’s review of the Dog Control Act. Tukituki Act candidate Rob Douglas says he knocked on a door in Havelock North over the weekend and a dog came from behind the house and “took a nip at my elbow”. “It broke the skin but wasn’t major. But t
A $6.2m water main project set to disrupt Hastings for 11 months (opens the original)
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Work, expected to take 11 months, to build a drinking water trunk main between Waiaroha and the existing Havelock North trunk is set to start towards the end of September. The work will primarily be on Eastbourne St East, Willowpark Rd North and South, and St Aubyn St East. A Hastings cafe owner is frustrated at the timing of a $6.2 million project to build a drinking water trunk main to link the central city’s Waiaroha tanks with Havelock North. The route runs past a school, businesses and home
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