Category: Rural Communities
Wild Wairoa!
April 13th, 2011
Congratulations to Tourism Hawkes Bay on the launch of their new “Get me to Hawkes Bay” branding for our province. The new brand moves us from the old ‘Wine Country” logo while maintaining a similar stylised yellow and orange sunrise/sunset but with ... read more
Innovation in the apple industry
April 1st, 2011
Our apple industry has had a few rough years, but there are some players who are investing heavily in the future of the industry. Today Minister of Trade, Tim Groser and I visited one such grower / marketer. Rockit apples have been bred and packaged and ... read more
$5 million Health Centre – Great news!
March 30th, 2011
The news out late last week of the investment by the Hawkes Bay DHB into an integrated family health centre is absolutely fantastic for Wairoa. Three of four general practices in Wairoa will be amalgamated to form two general practices within the new health ... read more
Good news for Rural Hawke’s Bay
February 7th, 2011
Craig Foss MP for Tukituki and Chris Tremain MP for Napier are rapt with the latest Government initiative. Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce announced today the National Government has commenced commercial negotiations with ... read more
Crownthorpe School opens its redevelopment
December 8th, 2010
More than three generations of students were at Crownthorpe School yesterday morning for the opening of a group of new classrooms. The project, which began in 2008, was completed in September this year and is the biggest redevelopment for the school since ... read more
Time to take action – your call!
November 10th, 2010
Wairoa is a great community with an amazing heart. Those of you who live there or people like me who are privileged enough to hold leadership positions know this and love the town and community for it. Despite this many who live outside of town know Wairoa ... read more
Kiwi Rail considers Forestry Hub for Wairoa Area
August 12th, 2010
Last week I attended an all day Kiwi Rail briefing on the future of rail in New Zealand. It was my aim to gain a better understanding of Kiwi Rail’ plans for the future of the Gisborne to Napier link. During the discussions around wider freight ... read more
Mornay anyone?
August 5th, 2010
Last weekend I had the opportunity to join the Parliamentary Rugby Team on a trip to the Chatham Islands. My wife thinks I’m crazy still playing rugby but that’s another story. The game in the Chathams was played in wind that was more hurricane ... read more
A mixed bag – 90 days and Wairoa Health Services…
July 19th, 2010
Over the weekend I attended the National Party annual conference in Auckland. The final day was overshadowed by a few protestors campaigning against our announcement to increase the 90 day trial period, currently only for businesses employing under 20 ... read more
Putting Victims First
July 11th, 2010
I’m sure I speak for most in Wairoa when I say how disappointed I was to read about the recent gang attack. Wairoa is such a great community and it does not deserve to be in the national headlines reinforcing a false “Gangland” stereotype about this ... read more
