Hastings District Council

HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke's Bay Civil Defence staff have now matched all evacuees, who were forced to abandon their cars in heavy snow on State Highway Five last night, with reports received from the public of unaccounted for relatives.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Police have asked drivers of abandoned cars to be patient after a number of drivers have attempted to get to their cars using their own four-wheel-drives.

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HASTINGS — The first bus load of drivers evacuated from snowed-in State Highway Five last night have left Hukarere Girls College to collect the cars they abandoned in heavy snow last night.

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HASTINGS — The Army has advised that all passengers trapped in vehicles along snowed in State Highway Five in high country between Napier and Taupo have been evacuated from their cars.

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NAPIER — The Army is still confirming everyone trapped on State Highway Five has been rescued from their vehicles.

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HAWKE'S BAY — State Highway Five, between Napier and Taupo, has been closed by heavy snow but it’s believed up to 200 vehicles are trapped.

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HASTINGS — A second man, charged with littering at Havelock North Cemetery, has been found guilty and fined in Hastings District Court today.

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HASTINGS — Hastings’ Mayor Lawrence Yule fully supports the Government rural broadband announcement which makes rural deployment of ultra-fast broadband to schools a priority.

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HASTINGS — A Hastings tavern will not be able to sell alcohol for twenty four hours after being caught selling to two underage purchasers earlier this year.

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HASTINGS — In an informal discussion yesterday, Hastings District Councillors agreed unanimously not to fight the decision of independent commissioners to decline the Northern Arterial Route (NAR) designation.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council is disappointed independent commissioners have declined a proposed designation for the Northern Arterial Route.

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HASTINGS — A man who allegedly stripped a couple’s bathroom, charged them $6600 and then disappeared has been arrested.

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HASTINGS — A tree planted to mark the special relationship between Hastings’ Sister City Guilin is being saved from damage and moved to make room for the new Customer Service Centre, being built next to Hastings District Council’s administration building on Lyndon Road.

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HASTINGS — The Hawke’s Bay Land Protection Society has been ordered to pay Hastings District Council $10,000 plus disbursements Earlier this year, the Hawke’s Bay Protection Society initiated a judicial review in the High Court of the consent process followed by Hastings District Council for the Sports Park grandstand.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council is starting its public consultation tonight on what residents want the CBD’s of Hastings, Flaxmere and Havelock North to look like in future.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council is stepping up to lead a Work and Income scheme to get unemployed young people working in the communities that need help most.

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HAWKE'S BAY —  Hastings and Napier Mayors are backing electricity lines company Unison Networks as Hawke’s Bay’s local fibre company.

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HASTINGS — At least eight Heretaunga Street businesses have been approached today by men saying they will be closed down by Hastings District Council if they don’t upgrade their fire extinguishers.

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HASTINGS — Hastings will welcome 33 new New Zealanders at a citizenship ceremony to be held tomorrow (Wednesday 2 September) from 5pm in the Hastings District Council Chamber.

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HASTINGS — Hawke’s Bay District Health Board has had its application to move the Springhill Addiction Centre from Napier to Hastings approved by the Hastings District Council - subject to conditions.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council voted unanimously to financially support the annual membership to the Great Wine Capital Network.

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HAWKE'S BAY — The development of the Northern Arterial Route (NAR) is still likely to go ahead despite a change in funding policy from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) announced today.

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HASTINGS — Eight fires in the Hastings district over the past three weeks have sparked concern among local fire officials.

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HASTINGS — Hastings, Hawke’s Bay may soon officially take the title many believe it rightfully deserves – as the Great Wine Capital of New Zealand.

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HASTINGS — A Hastings District Council community forum in September will provide attendees with knowledge as well as practical skills to help them raise funds for their charity or community groups.

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HASTINGS — Dog owners will be required to keep their dogs on a lead in public urban areas in Hastings District from December 1, under new rules passed by the Hastings District Council yesterday.

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HASTINGS — Councillors today voted to fund $10,000 per year to the lease of private land for a public road to the Clifton Motor Camp.

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HASTINGS — An increase in the minimum charge at the Omarunui Landfill aims to encourage larger trucks and less frequent loads.

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HASTINGS — Up to 30 unemployed local people will take up work with the Hastings District Council this week as part of a government programme aimed at helping unemployed people increase their skills and experience.

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HASTINGS — Local Government Minister Rodney Hide has applauded a Hastings District Council initiative to speed up the building consent process.

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HASTINGS — Building a boat shed without obtaining the necessary consents has cost a couple $4000 plus costs, after they yesterday pleaded guilty to charges brought by Hastings District Council under the Building Act 2002.

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HASTINGS —   An application by DIY chain Bunnings to build a new large format retail store on the corner of Evenden and Pakowhai Road has been rejected by independent commissioners.

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HAVELOCK NORTH — Hastings District Council will prosecute under the Litter Act for the first time after two young men have admitted dumping their garden rubbish in Havelock North Cemetery.

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HAWKE'S BAY — An Environment Court decision released today confirms Hastings District Council’s position that the community good of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park out-weighed the affect on the Heretaunga Plains.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council (HDC), in partnership with Sustaining Hawke’s Bay Trust (SHBT), are next week launching their new household sustainability campaign to encourage Hastings families, neighbourhoods and communities to get Sus’d.

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HASTINGS — When Hastings residents flush their toilet today the wastewater will go somewhere different to where it went yesterday.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council Chief Executive Ross McLeod has announced the fifth and final appointment to Council’s senior management team.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council Chief Executive Ross McLeod has now announced five of the six appointments to Council’s senior management team.

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HAWKE'S BAY — A steel clip-on to the Crosses Road Bridge is the final piece in a 1.2 kilometre cycleway which will give cyclists a safe off-road alternative to riding down Havelock Road.

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HASTINGS — Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule says taking another look at Air Quality standards and their compliance timeline could save Hawke’s Bay residents and businesses from serious financial implications.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council’s ten year plan tackles the big issues facing Hastings residents; aiming to stimulate the local economy, planning for the responsible use of our resources and encouraging community-driven projects.

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HAWKE'S BAY — The message from users of Blackbridge Transfer Station has been clear and Hastings District Council has listened.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council started hearing oral submissions to its Draft Ten Year Plan today.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Councillors read and heard hundreds of submissions before debating the final form of the proposed new Dog Control Bylaw and Policy yesterday.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Hastings District councillors have asked the Councils chief executive to investigate the financial management of Splash Planet after being briefed on a projected operating deficit earlier this week.

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HASTINGS — The Hastings District Council has extended its submission deadline to Monday 11 May 2009 for submissions to the Council's Ten Year Plan.

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HASTINGS — 2009 marks a start of a new era for the Hastings Citizens Advice Bureau, in new premises at 112 Queen Street, Hastings.

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HASTINGS — The Sister City wedding held in Hastings last year has been judged ‘best cultural project’ in New Zealand for 2008, at a Sister City conference in Hamilton.

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HASTINGS — An expert in retail sales training will be running workshops in Hastings and Napier next week focusing on selling benefits, closing with confidence and how to up sell and cross sell with ease.

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HASTINGS — As part of the consultation of their Ten Year Plans, Hastings District Council and Hawke's Bay Regional Council have joined forces to host Expo 2009.

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HASTINGS — This morning, Hastings District Council adopted its Draft 2009-2019 Ten Year Plan.

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HASTINGS — Come and join us to celebrate Earth Hour at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House Plaza, at 7pm on Saturday March 28, 2009.

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HASTINGS — This morning, Hastings District Council voted to increase the price of rubbish bags to cover the increasing cost of rubbish disposal.

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HASTINGS — The Hastings District Council Civic Honour Awards Ceremony for 2007 is being held at 7pm, on Wednesday 11th March in the Council Chambers.

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HASTINGS — Fees at Omaranui Landfill are set to increase from Wednesday, July 1 2009 after a Government levy comes into force and disposal costs per tonne increase.

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HASTINGS — “Total Fire Ban” signage around the Hastings District were being replaced with “Restricted Fire Season” signs this morning after rural fire authorities decided to drop back to a restricted fire season.

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HASTINGS — Ideas generated by Friday’s Job Summit will have a positive impact on Hawke’s Bay, says Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule.

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HASTINGS — A recently resealed section of Omahu Road is being re-shaped and re-sealed after a surveying error meant the resurfacing was not done to specification.

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HASTINGS — The tender deadline for the construction of a $4 million, 2500 seat grandstand at the Regional Sports Park has been extended one week and now closes on 25 February 2009.  Regional Sports Park Trust spokesperson Rex Graham said there was considerable interest in the project.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council Principal Fire Officer, Mike Maguire says despite recent cooler temperatures and light rain the public should still be aware of the extreme fire risk in Hawke’s Bay.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council's first Community Forum for 2009 asks Are you fit enough to get funding?

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council will be a shining light for environmental awareness when the lights are turned out for Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28.

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HASTINGS — Almost 50,000 people cooled off at Splash Planet in January alone and visitor numbers are tracking brilliantly for the season.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council is looking to overhaul its customer service systems and bolster the local building industry with the construction of a new customer service centre.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council (HDC) arranged for water tankers to supply emergency drinking water to the community of Bridge Pa when it was made aware water shortages there were wide spread.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District councillors voted unanimously yesterday to make a $10,000 donation towards rebuilding the lives of Australians whose homes have been devastated by bush fires.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council and the New Zealand Fire Service agree the time has come for a total fire ban throughout the Hastings District.

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HASTINGS — At first glance a seven-year-old girl looked as if she was simply floating on her back at Splash Planet yesterday but close observation by a lifeguard and a member of the public revealed she was in serious difficulty.

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HASTINGS — One homeowner has already fallen victim to a fake building consent scam and Hastings District Council is warning others not to fall for the same trick.

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HASTINGS — Soaring summer temperatures has made Hastings District one of the driest areas in the country and the NZ Fire Service and Rural Fire Officers are warning people to be very careful regarding fires during the holiday period.

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HASTINGS — A Hastings supermarket will not be able to sell alcohol for five days after being caught selling to an underage purchaser earlier this year.

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HASTINGS — Hastings’ arts community and Hastings District Council are stepping up Art Deco celebrations due to demand from locals and tourists alike.

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HASTINGS — The way is now clear for the construction of a 2500 seat grandstand alongside the recently completed athletics track at the Regional Sports Park.

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HASTINGS — The Regional Sports Park is part of the solution to the East Coast’s poor track record in crime, according to Hastings District Council Mayor and Sports Park Trust chairman, Lawrence Yule.

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HASTINGS —  Clive residents are being asked for their thoughts on four short-listed designs for ‘entry statement’ sculptures to greet travellers at the community’s northern and southern entrances.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Twenty years after the dream of a Camberley Community Centre was mooted, it is now a reality.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Starting Monday, December 1, taverns and bars around Napier City and Hastings District will be participating in a trial voluntary one-way-door program.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Warm, windy weather and a spate of small fires have seen a restricted fire season declared for Hastings District and Napier City, effective from 8am on Monday 24 November (today).

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HASTINGS — Warm, windy weather and a spate of fire call-outs mean fire restrictions will soon be needed in Hastings District, Deputy Principal Rural Fire Officer Paul Hawke says.

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HASTINGS — Two Splash Planet male staff members were injured during an altercation with patrons while on duty yesterday afternoon and were hospitalised.

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HASTINGS — Monday and Tuesday (November 24 and November 25) marks the celebration of older adults who are completing the “BUS for Senior Citizens/Kaumatua Programme”.

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HASTINGS — Hastings Mayor, Lawrence Yule, is outraged at claims made by Hill Country Corporation Ltd, which have come in the wake of the company withdrawing its application for a private plan change at Ocean Beach.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council has received notice from Hill Country Corporation Limited (HCCL) that it has withdrawn its application for a private plan change at Ocean Beach - Plan Change 45.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council has declared a result for the Mohaka Ward Byelection after voting closed at midday today.

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HASTINGS — The Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park track this week received a Category Two Certification from the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council is providing an opportunity for community groups to hear directly from trusts and government departments on funding opportunities.

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HASTINGS — Hastings Mayor, Lawrence Yule has called an urgent meeting to discuss an incident at Flaxmere Skate Bowl yesterday after school.

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HASTINGS — A seven-year-old boy was bitten at his Flaxmere home late yesterday afternoon by a two-year-old male pitbull owned by his family.

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HASTINGS — The new look of Heretaunga Street East is now clearly visible, with the completion of the latest Hastings CBD revitalisation project fast approaching.

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HASTINGS — Keep Hastings Beautiful Trusts month long campaign to raise awareness of its work in the community culminates this week with a fundraising drive, Wednesday, September 24, to Wednesday, October 1.

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HASTINGS — A Flaxmere bottle store has been ordered to close for seven days after the premises were caught selling alcohol to underage purchasers.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council Animal Control Officers will lay formal charges against the owner of a dog which attacked a Flaxmere man on Saturday.

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HASTINGS — Keep Hastings Beautiful Trust and Hastings District Council have been given a substantial financial boost to start three new initiatives to fight graffiti in the district.

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HASTINGS — Retail developers Charter Hall, which purchased the Nelson Park site to build large format retail destination “Home HQ”, has made two separate applications to Hastings District Council.

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HASTINGS —  Hastings District Council wants to let Hawke’s Bay residents know how the Regional Sports Park is progressing and is calling on questions from the public ahead of a public meeting on the facility.

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HASTINGS — The new Keep Hastings Beautiful Trust mascot flew into town today.

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As if last Monday night’s 5.9 magnitude earthquake wasn’t enough motivation to get your emergency kits and plans sorted, now Hawke’s Bay has felt another jolt.

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HASTINGS — Hastings District Council has issued an Insanitary Building Notice to Hawke’s Bay Prison after black mould was discovered in some prison buildings.

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HASTINGS — Hastings, Flaxmere and Havelock North residents woke to find large art installations had mysteriously popped up in their neighbourhoods this morning (Monday, Sept 1).

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HASTINGS — On first inspection it appears the earthquake which struck at 11.25 last night, measuring

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