Hawke s Bay schoolchildren get creative with masks for competition
16 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Some of the school masks sent in to a mask-making competition. PHOTO: WARREN BUCKLAND
Hawkes Bay Today
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Some of the school masks sent in to Laurel Judd of Napier which will be in an exhibition at the Hastings Community Arts Centre opening soon.
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Primary and intermediate school children in Hawke s Bay have been getting very familiar with masks lately and this time it s nothing to do with Covid.
A creative mask-making competition has been under way for the past few weeks, with 220 of the highly decorated creations delivered to organiser Laurel Judd s home for judging last Friday. The masks will be on display at an exhibition opening in Hastings next Monday.
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: The story behind the names
17 Dec, 2020 10:21 PM
6 minutes to read An aerial view of Napier in 1947. Photo / Napier City Council
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Michael Fowler When Lieutenant James Cook sailed into what he would call Hawke s Bay in October 1769, the entrance to the inner harbour lagoon, Te Whanganui-a-Orotū, was at Keteketerau (Bay View). James Cook referred to Te Whanganui-a-Orotū as a pretty lake of saltwater .
Tu Ahuriri was the son of Tu Maro, a Ngai-Tara chief. Setting out from Hataitai near Wellington, he arrived In Hawke s Bay and camped at what is now Ahuriri.
At this time, the entrance to the lagoon at Keteketerau was blocked. This was a problem as fresh water from the Tutaekuri River was filling up the lagoon and interfering with the health of shellfish, which depended upon a tidal flow of sea water. Some kāinga (houses) were also flooded.