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From the MTG: Ten men perish during rescue effort
7 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Waitangi Railway Bridge after the 1897 flood. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Gail Pope
Overshadowed by the Scenic Hotel Te Pania on Napier s Marine Parade, is a statuesque yet forlorn monument erected to commemorate the April 16, 1897 flood.
Etched deeply into two of the marble plaques are the words: Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
On the opposite side are the words: This monument was erected by the people of Napier to commemorate a deed of heroism by which 10 men lost their lives on Good Friday 16 April 1897 in attempting to rescue the flooded out settlers of Clive .
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Opinion: Help rescue the Karamū Stream
14 Apr, 2021 10:27 PM
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Craig Foss is a regional councillor for Hawke s Bay. Photo / File
Hastings Leader
The Karamū Stream, our Karamū, is one of the most polluted waterways in Hawke s Bay. That is an absolute shocker. That is simply not acceptable.
Will you help us rescue the Karamū? With your help it can once again be a stream for kids to play in and on.
A couple of months ago, about 30 tyres were pulled from the Karamū near Te Mata Mangateretere Rd! Thirty tyres! What sort of loser dumps tyres into a stream?
If the study confirms the project is workable, the PDU will provide a further $3.7m of loan funding to help pay for the construction of new water storage infrastructure. “Effectively any public financing (Crown and Local Government) that supports construction and ongoing operation would be ultimately funded by water users,” Hawke’s Bay Regional Council water security director Tom Skerman said. “This objective of the scheme is to offset the cumulative impacts of water users.” He said the state of lowland waterways in Heretaunga was a “pressing concern” for the region. The lowland waterways were streams in the Heretaunga Plains that come from springs and feed in to rivers. Skerman said science suggested those water bodies were impacted by the growing effects of nearby water takes throughout summer.