by Editor | Mar 16, 2023 | News
Greenpeace is turning the headquarters of Fonterra into a virtual flood zone this morning, in a climate protest in downtown Auckland. Police have just arrived on the scene. Piles of abandoned flood-damaged furniture are being placed at the doors of the dairy giant to...
by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Mar 8, 2023 | Opinion
Late last year Chief Executive of Hawke’s Bay Tourism, Hamish Saxton said that after another
rollercoaster year for Hawke’s Bay’s visitor economy, things were on the up. “ Considering where
we started in January 2022, the visitor economy in Food and Wine Country is...
by David Wrigley | Feb 23, 2023 | News
“Everyone knows someone who lost everything” At the start of last week the hospitality scene in the Hawkes Bay was gearing up for the busiest weekend of the year: Napier’s Art Deco Festival. Restaurants were fully staffed and ready for the rush,...
by David Wrigley | Feb 16, 2023 | Opinion
National Farmers’ Market Week is coming up and, in the wake of cyclone Gabrielle and the ongoing cost of living crisis, it provides us with an opportunity to consider our food supply chains and where our priorities should lie when thinking about the use of our arable...