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It is pleasing to note that Napiers MP , Chris Tremain has at last grasped the reality of a situation and spoken sensibly about a difficult issue.

The erosion problem at Haumoana has been with us for years and those who live in the firing line of the power of the sea must realise that the sea will win. Their houses will not survive and building sea walls will not save them.The sea loves walls.It eats them.Its a fact.

Pouring ratepayer money into saving these houses would create a huge issue and precedent as there are many  spots around the country that replicate the Haumoana situation. One would need a bottomless pit of money to start battling an unwinnable war.

Lets hope Tremain follows up with some more intelligent responses to local problems.

You thought I was going to say step change. Wrong. I was warned about that one a year ago and fell off my TV chair when the Prime Minister started using it.

What the hell does step change mean???

No Meerkat means ……..’co-governance’ and the related …… ‘co-management’.

These are the new danger words. They sound good.They sound harmless. They are very appealing to some sectors in the community that want more than what they are entitled to. In other words those who want more of the action for little input or accountability.

We see some of the first moves in this area foisted on us by the Wellington Regional Council this week. An alarming move led by ex Labour MP Fran Wilde.

The Dominion covered a story about a co… measure on Wednesday and it will be interesting to take note of any responses. This is a huge backward move by the Wellington Regional Council.

Will the disease spread?

Who is the Chamber of Commerce?

They have been doing a sterling job for some time but they can’t resist this annual  pitch to keep upsetting Hawkes Bay which is not really what they want to do.

The Chamber think they know all about local government. They don’t. They know about business but they do not know about local governent. Running local government is not like running a business.Quite different in fact. And why, really why on earth do they want something that will create more problems for business and increase costs by way of higher rates for all.

Local Government is about community, not big business.

More on this later.

A local website has posted that the councillor for Central Hawkes Bay on the Regional Council, has resigned.

It appears that he throws a few wobblys at the council table so must have given someone cause to believe he had gone.

It would be a foolish move at this stage of a term but would likely fit his profile.

Noticed that the pollies were back at work.

Time to get back and monitor what the papers don’t

Quote from comment on another blog  ‘ taxation is a personal thing, it’s my money’  end quote.

I like it

The Hastings District Council after many attempts have decided they are the heart of Hawkes Bay.

Do they have a heart? The way they have treated ratepayers this year you would not think so. They have saddled future ratepayers with huge debt that our kids will be burdened with.

They are too scared to admit we derive so much economic benefit from our primary producers and that fruit is still a huge part of Hastings.

The Fruitbowl of New Zealand remains the best name for Hastings and that is that.

We have yet another National Minister making a PC decision.Not wishing to front up to the hard decisions Maurice veteran Williamson, finds the easy way out over the Wanganui decision and plugs for either or.

Not prepared to stand up for the facts of the issue, Maori was not a written language at the time and it was written as spoken. Wanganui.

I suppose that was better than wankanui and it has after all stood the test of time.

We like it as it is.

The decision to fly the Maori flag on the Harbour Bridge on Waitangi day , helps cement in the division that the current political climate has created.

National claims they are establishing good relations with the Maori Party but in fact, what they are doing is slowly building a major wall in the country that is separating genuine kiwis with race based policies that are spreading despair and grief among the majority.

National has increased fines for people breaching our biosecurity regulations. This is ‘getting serious’ about securing our borders.

Rotorua has just become international with the opening of an air service to Sydney twice a week. The Government is not being tough enough on biosecurity in Rotorua as some primary producers have offered to supply a beagle for work at the airport.

Producers have been asked to fund biosecurity.This is appalling.It is not the producers who are responsible for breaches but the idiots that try anything to get a meal or a paw paw into this country.

Sometimes it is hard to figure out this government.