News
Local MP’s front up to Back Benches
January 25th, 2010
Getting ready for Back Benches Local MP’s Craig Foss and Chris Tremain feature on this week’s ‘Back Benches’. Hosted at the Gin Trap, Chris and Craig are thrilled that Back Benches made it to Hawke’s Bay on their summer tour. ‘The turn out to ... read more
Celebrating Ratana
January 21st, 2010
National MPs Craig Foss and Chris Tremain are once again looking forward to attending the annual Ratana Church celebrations on the Ratana Marae near Wanganui. This year sees the 137th birthday celebrations of the prophet Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, founder of ... read more
Three-strikes and they stay in
January 21st, 2010
National MPs Chris Tremain, Napier, and Craig Foss, Tukituki, are very pleased with the new three-strikes policy. ‘This policy,’ says Chris Tremain, ‘means that our worst serious offenders, the ones who have and are most likely to reoffend ... read more
More funding to reduce waste
January 21st, 2010
Council’s in Hawke’s Bay will today receive their first payment of waste levy funding collected under the Waste Minimisation Act, Tukituki MP Craig Foss and Napier MP Chris Tremain says. “Money from the waste levy is being distributed to Councils to ... read more
Christmas at the Beach
December 26th, 2009
We had a fantastic Christmas. By the beach in stunning Hawke’s Bay, fantastic weather, family and friends. Father Christmas did well choosing for our girls. He also ate all the cake and drank the milk we left out for him. Rudolph demolished the carrot ... read more
Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park
December 14th, 2009
On Saturday, Hastings Pak n Save was announced as the sponsor for Stage 2 of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park. This is a very generous contribution to our region. It brings the total raised so far from donations to $8.5m. Not bad for a recession ... read more
Greg Wilton Backing the Bay in Perth
December 10th, 2009
Greg Wilton’s late father George was a great fan of the Hawke’s Bay Magpies. For Greg’s 50th birthday his family gave Greg a Magpies Jersey. This is Greg proudly wearing the jersey and surrounded by his family ... read more
A Break-Away for young people these school holidays
December 10th, 2009
Young people in Wairoa will have a chance to challenge themselves across a range of sports and activities thanks to the new Break-Away school holiday programme. Napier/Wairoa MP Chris Tremain says Wairoa Youth Services Trust is one of the community ... read more
Local MP’s welcome funding boost
November 25th, 2009
Napier MP Chris Tremain and Tukituki MP Craig Foss are delighted that local parenting group Waiapu Anglican Social Services Trust is receiving a financial boost as part of the eleventh funding round for the Ministry of Social Development’s SKIP (Strategies ... read more
Further boost to job placements for young people
November 24th, 2009
National MPs Craig Foss and Chris Tremain, are delighted with the Government announcement of 2000 extra places on the Job Ops scheme, and extra money to support Student Job Search. “This is fantastic news for young people in Hawke’s Bay wanting the ... read more
