Category: In the Community
Ultra-fast broadband to 100,000 students by 30 June 2012
October 11th, 2011
Local MPs Craig Foss and Chris Tremain are rapt to know that by 30 June 2012 14 Napier and Hastings schools will have faster broadband. The roll out of ultra-fast broadband-enabling fibre to schools is progressing well and 14 local schools will benefit from ... read more
Local Hawke’s Bay MPs praise Councils for improved performance
October 4th, 2011
29 September 2011 Local Hawke’s Bay MPs Craig Foss and Chris Tremaincongratulate their Local Government Councils for processing more resource consents on time in the past two years. “Our Councils are now approving more consents on time,” says Napier ... read more
‘Duff books at Otane’
October 4th, 2011
My job often takes me into schools. Dishing out books is one of my great pleasures. This Duff Books program is awesome. Encouraging our children to read is such a postive experience to be part of. Three times a year a book catalogue is delivered to ... read more
Local MPs rapt with latest Cycle Trail announcement
September 23rd, 2011
21 September 2011 Craig Foss MP for Tukituki and Chris Tremain MP for Napier are rapt with funding being made available for cycle trail continuation. Nga Haerenga, The New Zealand Cycle Trail project and the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council have confirmed ... read more
Eastern Institute of Technology to be accredited as new Trades Academy next year
September 23rd, 2011
7 September 2011 Chris Tremain and Craig Foss, National MPs for Napier and Tukituki, welcome the news that the Hawke’s Bay’s new EIT Trades Facility will also be one of the Government’s new Trades Academies from next year. “The new ... read more
Meeting supports “Operation Bold” but expresses local concerns.
September 22nd, 2011
A meeting of 90, mainly Taradale people, gathered at the Taradale High School Hall last night to be briefed on a new policing initiative named “Operation Bold”. The aim of the initiative is to reduce the amount of paperwork currently completed by ... read more
Hastings Mail 29/6/11
September 14th, 2011
Another busy week in the Bay. The Smokefree Rock Quest regional competition was held recently at the HB Opera House. Twenty six local High School bands participated. It was a wonderful opportunity for our young talent to perform in public and at such a ... read more
‘Work Experience’ at a Lotto Shop.
September 13th, 2011
On Friday I was part of a Lotto sales team at Radius pharmacy in Hastings. The pharmacy call themselves the lucky lotto shop as they have sold many winning tickets. Many customers did a double take when they realised that their local MP was serving them ... read more
“Porse” with the PM
September 13th, 2011
Our Prime Minister John Key, Chris Tremain and I had a great visit to Porse in Hawke’s Bay. The children were having a music and movement session, we joined in as best we could. It certainly bought back memories from when our children were toddlers ... read more
Young Leaders meet with Prime Minister John Key
September 8th, 2011
Prime Minister John Key met with Young Student Leaders from across the Bay. The students asked questions of the PM on a very wide range of topics. Chris and I are always impressed with the calibre of our Hawke’s Bay student leadership. Hastings ... read more
