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Hawke s Bay Live Poets Society - keeping poetry alive in HB
2 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Bill Sutton (left) with Radio Kidnappers host Jeremy Roberts.
Napier Courier
By: Brenda Vowden
Turning 29 is not usually celebrated with much hoopla, but for the Hawke s Bay Live Poets Society, (HBLPS) this year s birthday is another reminder it is the longest-running poetry group in New Zealand. And another reason for a bit of a fuss is to farewell one of the original members who is retiring from the committee.
Dr Bill Sutton has been involved from the early days of the poetry group s 1992 inception, when it was started by Keith Thorsen. Keith was employed at the time by the Hastings City Council as their Community Arts organiser.
Historic HB: Frustrating search for dump site
12 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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A vehicle makes it ways to the Black Bridge Dump in April 1967
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Michael Fowler
Havelock North, as it began to grow in population during the 1960s, struggled with finding a suitable area for a rubbish dump.
Jeff Whittaker – Havelock North Borough councillor from 1965 to 1974, then mayor from 1974 until 1983, remembers various attempts to find a suitable area for the good villagers to dispose of their trash.
When Ron Nilsson was Havelock North mayor during 1965, an area was proposed in Awarua Crescent (which means ditch in Maori) where there was a sizable dip into which rubbish could be offloaded.