Napier council s first female CEO in its 147-year history hits the ground running
9 Feb, 2021 12:41 AM
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New Napier City Council chief executive Dr Steph Rotarangi (right) with mayor Kirsten Wise before the start of the three-day rates policy hearing today. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
Napier City Council chief executive Dr Stephanie Rotarangi was wasting no time getting into the thick of the new role as she attended a hearing of rates policy submissions on her first day today.
Fresh from 14-days Covid-19 quarantine followed by a family holiday and settling three children into three different schools in Napier after moving back to New Zealand from Melbourne, she replaces former CEO Wayne Jack, who departed for West Australia almost 12 months ago.
Coastal and river resource hearings start in Napier courts
9 Feb, 2021 04:21 AM
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The Napier War Memorial Centre, scene of one of two major water rights and resource court hearings under way in Napier. Photo / Doug Laing
The Napier War Memorial Centre, scene of one of two major water rights and resource court hearings under way in Napier. Photo / Doug Laing
Hawkes Bay Today
Two major court hearings involving water resources started separately in Napier on Tuesday.
A High Court sitting considering an application on behalf of Northern Hawke s Bay iwi Ngati Pahauwera for recognition orders under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 is scheduled for seven weeks in the basement conference room of the Napier War Memorial Centre, where a three-day Napier City Council hearing was also under way upstairs, adding to the picture of pressure on such facilities in Napier.
Ninety years on: Hawke s Bay earthquake to be commemorated
25 Jan, 2021 10:16 PM
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The old Post Office building in Hastings on the corner of Queen and Russell Streets, after the quake. Photo / Supplied
The old Post Office building in Hastings on the corner of Queen and Russell Streets, after the quake. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Gianina Schwanecke
Ninety years after the 1931 Hawke s Bay earthquake, a number of events have been organised to commemorate the sombre anniversary.
On the morning of February 3, 1931, the Hawke s Bay region was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude quake that practically levelled the city of Napier and killed nearly 250 people.
Napier mayor Kirsten Wise promises War Memorial fully back in place by end of 2021
13 Jan, 2021 07:38 PM
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All aspects of the War Memorial are expected to be reinstated within the area of the Marine Parade war memorial site and forecourt. Photo / File
All aspects of the War Memorial are expected to be reinstated within the area of the Marine Parade war memorial site and forecourt. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
Napier s War Memorial is unlikely to be fully back in place by Anzac Day but it will be by the end of the year.
That s the promise from Mayor Kirsten Wise, 15 months into the job and determined to see a debate which has waged for almost five years does not continue into a sixth.