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A guide to Hawke's Bay

bazooka

bazooka
  • Joined: Dec 2011
  • commented: 26
  • voted: 1

Commented on a story 2:51pm Jun 12th

"Yes, unfortunately y there is some truth to that. Tauranga it seems is a place largely shaped by a..."

City is holding itself back

12 Jun 2013

Commented on a story 1:30pm Jun 12th

""We have got a broad range of schools already. Nobody has yet been able to answer the question why we..."

A Tauranga principal says children's educations are being treated like an experiment with the introduction of charter schools.

Charter schools step backward: Principal

6 Jun 2013

Commented on a story 1:29pm Jun 12th

"The proposed engineering solutions would make a very interesting story Bay of Plenty Times. I wonder..."

Desperately needed flood prevention works look like shattering Tauranga householders' expectations of a near-zero rates rise.

Flood costs dash rates hope

6 Jun 2013

Commented on a story 9:22am Jun 12th

"Hmmmm, and what part might the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement have to play in all this? I see no..."

Fresh back from the World Farmers Organisation general assembly in Japan, Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills explains why freeing up international trade is so important for agriculture and the economy of New Zealand and the world.

Bruce Wills: Free trade crucial to all

10 Jun 2013

Commented on a story 11:28pm May 14th

"Politicians often have an uncanny talent for ignoring expert and public opinion and following their own..."

Tauranga educators are slamming the Government's charter school model, which will allow unqualified or unregistered teachers in the classroom.

Charter schools plan gets the cold shoulder (+poll)

14 May 2013

Voted in a poll 11:18pm May 14th

What do you think of the charter school model?

Commented on a story 3:45pm May 13th

"So the veritable treatise of a whopping 66 words requires too much cognition in today's era of three..."

Auckland boasts of being "the world's most liveable city" while Rotorua is "Living the dream.

Editorial: Words lack vision

9 May 2013

Commented on a story 8:44am Apr 29th

"hehee"

Newly-refurbished ground floor apartments in the $6 million Marine Parade complex owned by economist and businessman Gareth Morgan went under water at the height of one of the weekend's deluges, it has been revealed.

Gareth Morgan's property floods

24 Apr 2013

Commented on a story 11:38pm Apr 27th

"I totally agree with you Ms the_4th_estate. "

The local Grey Power president has criticised plans to centralise hospital food and reheat Meals on Wheels for Bay pensioners.

Grey Power slams reheated food plan

24 Apr 2013

Commented on a story 3:17pm Apr 24th

"Ummm, WE demand that the necessary public infrastructure be provided by the local/regional government..."

In the 24 hours to 6 o'clock last night, 153mm of rain fell in the coastal Bay of Plenty region, and more downpours are forecast for today.

Calls for help as flooding continues (photos + video)

21 Apr 2013

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