Managing director Phil Alison has sold the Havelock North Fruit Company to new investors and it has been re-named Rockit Global Limited. Photo/file.
Category: Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Andrew Dickens: Road trip reveals our blossoming country
On a road trip to settle his youngest son into university and as he prepares for an empty nest, Andrew Dickens is proud of his country – and his boys. I had a road trip last week, up and down the North Island.
Warm, wet weather to dampen smorgasbord of Wellington events
Wellingtonians will be spoiled for choice with a haul of events around the region expected under warm but wet skies this weekend. Start at the Island Bay Festival then head for the Petone Rotary Fair in Lower Hutt, BrewDay in Trentham, Wings over Wairarapa near Masterton, and then hit the Art Deco Festival in Napier.
Common Ground Festival Calling for Groundwater Samples
Common Ground: Hutt Public Art Festival is calling for samples from Hutt Valley residents of their local groundwater! Citizens are invited to get its quality tested and contribute to a new art installation ‘ Citizens’ Water Map Lab ‘ by visual artist Julian Priest. Hutt Valley residents are invited to bring in a plastic milk bottle filled with groundwater from their local stream, river, well, bore or even puddle, to the front desk of The Dowse Art Museum from Monday 30 January.
Hastings Bunnings land and buildings
Bunnings Hastings sits on 7178sq m of land at the corner of Market St North and St Aubyn St. Photo / Supplied The 4600sq m store will be sold via a tender process – closing on March 9 – through Bayleys Hawke’s Bay salespeople Paul Garland and Rollo Vavasour. The building at the corner of Market St North and St Aubyn St, sits on some 7178sq m of land.
Napier deco building echoed with 60s music
A century-old retail building for sale in the heart of Napier’s Art Deco District, was once home to renowned Gaiety Theatre and Top Hat music venues Bayleys Hawke’s Bay and Bayleys Auckland are jointly marketing the historic building, at 88-94 Dickens St, which will be auctioned on March 8. The property for sale is featured in Bayleys’ latest Total Property portfolio and comprises a 1430sq m two-storey building on 911sq m of land zoned Inner-City Commercial. Bayleys salespeople Paul Dixon and Carolyn Hanson describe the building as “a cultural treasure”, noting potential future uses may include retail, apartment and office space.
Napier drinking water E.coli contamination test results due Friday
The results of further testing to determine if the bacteria is present in the city’s main reservoir are due by 3pm, Napier City Council said on Friday morning. The council began chlorinating its water supply on Thursday after receiving a positive indicator test for E.coli in a sample taken from its Enfield Road reservoir as part on routine testing carried out on Wednesday.
Spark partners with UnisonFibre for home and small business fibre installations
Spark will use UnisonFibre to connect new customers to Spark fibre broadband, in areas covered by the UnisonFibre network. UnisonFibre has an extensive fibre network, with more than 700kms of cabling reaching nearly 13,000 homes and businesses across the Hawke’s Bay region and Taupo and Rotorua and offers fibre network capabilities equivalent to those available via the Ultra-Fast Broadband network in other parts of New Zealand.
Farmers keep wary weather eye open as Northland dries up
On the west coasts of both islands it has been bucketing down, but some east coast areas are becoming very dry. Of most concern is Northland, which may be declared in drought unless much needed rain arrives in the next few weeks.
Cantabrians told to brace for power outages as ‘weather bomb’ hits
Those in the South Islands and lower-North Island are being told to brace for severe weather as a bomb low prepares to touch down. At 4am, the fire service said it had not received any weather-related callouts overnight, but the worst of the storm was expected to whip the South Island and lower-North Island with heavy rain and gale-force winds on Wednesday, through to Thursday morning.
Police name couple as investigations continue into deaths in Waipukurau, Hawke’s Bay
Police have named the two people found dead at a Waipukurau, Hawke’s Bay home as Kevin Douglas Maulder, 68, and Patricia Anne Maulder, 67. They also said on Sunday afternoon that nobody was being sought in connection with the deaths and the case had been referred to the coroner’s office. The Maulders were husband and wife, and had lived and worked in the Waipukurau area for more than three decades..
Ovation of the Seas visit puts Hawke’s Bay cruise season on track to pass $20ma
Ovation of the Seas passengers flooded Napier this afternoon, exploring the best of what Hawke’s Bay has to offer. Photo / Paul Taylor The cruise ship industry is expected to generate more money for the local economy this year, thanks in part to yesterday’s Ovation of the Seas visit.
Child hospitalised after dog bite
The boy was flown at 2am this morning from Wairoa to Napier in the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter before being put on an aircraft to Wellington. Photo / Supplied A child was airlifted from Wairoa Hospital by the Hawke’s Bay Rescue helicopter early this morning with serious facial injuries after being bitten by a dog.