Hastings District Council news

Friday 06 November 2009

Hastings - help us find the Heart of Hawke’s Bay, asks Mayor of Hastings, Lawrence Yule.

“The council’s search for a brand has been narrowed down to two options and now we need your help to decide what imagery will represent us in a new initiative to promote the Hastings District,” Mayor Yule says.

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Tuesday 03 November 2009

“Never let us forget the great debt we still owe them...Let us go forward with faith in the future. Let us say to our fallen comrades, "We shall not fail or falter."

These were the words spoken by Mr Ron Giorgi, the then President of the Hastings RSA on Remembrance Day, 11 November 1956, at the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of the Hastings War Memorial Library. The Library celebrated 50 years as a war memorial on Sunday 18 October 2009.

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Monday 19 October 2009

A street makeover planned for Lumsden Road will extend to a brand new driveway for one lucky resident, when a project demonstrating the future of Hastings street design begins.

Lumsden Road and its footpaths are due for routine renewal, but after consultation with residents, Hastings District Council plans to do more than rebuild the existing road layout. The road will become a demonstration project for sustainable street design, showcasing methods and materials which make the road design better for residents, while requiring less maintenance.

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Thursday 08 October 2009

Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule says despite news Hastings has been unsuccessful in the bid to be New Zealand's Great Wine Capital there are some excellent positives to be taken out of the application being made.

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Monday 05 October 2009

The Hastings District Council today launched its Growing Communities programme providing work opportunities for over 50 local unemployed youths.

The scheme, which is funded by the government’s Community Max initiative, offers youths six months’ work on a range of community projects helping them gain work experience and new skills.

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Thursday 01 October 2009

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

"Our rural communities make a huge contribution to New Zealand’s economy and for a number of years we have sought prioritisation of high-speed broadband capability into the rural areas," Mayor Yule says.

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Tuesday 22 September 2009

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.

The Liquor Licensing Authority has suspended the On Licence of The Horse and Hound Café & Bar in Mayfair from 7.00 am on Thursday 24 September 2009 until 7.00 am the following day.

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Friday 18 September 2009

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.

This week independent commissioners declined the designation of the route based mainly on the effect on Maori-owned land and productive plains soils.

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