All of the Go Bus drivers are great and deserve a pay rise but even before Cyclone Gabrielle, the regional council had their heads in the sand regarding their pay increases.
The regional council need to realise it’s not a “for profit” service and value people more than putea (money).
Toni McIntyre,
Hastings.
Limestone boulders at Waimārama
In my opinion, Bayden Barber has no authority to place the limestone boulders blocking an accessway to Waimārama Beach.
The Hastings District Council must immediately remove them and then meet with Barber and follow due process if he wants the access denied. No one has the right to do what he wants just because they don’t like what is happening.
Dave Davy,
Taradale
CHB dam bid
I see a group of what some people call the “water barons of CHB” are attempting to relaunch another bid.
They also appear to be hoping to avoid the $400,000 debt they owe to Hawke’s Bay Regional Council.
To see the environmental results of industrial irrigation on shallow, alluvial soils, look no further than Canterbury.
The farmers there don’t accept the environmental costs either. I think it is a stupid, greedy grab for water, profit and political power and I am against it.
S.J. Nichols,
Frimley
Peter Bush tribute
With all the tributes pouring in to mourn the passing of Bushy, none mention Lieutenant Peter Bush’s service with the New Zealand Infantry Battalion on operations in Malaysia from 1957 to 1959.
Peter was the official photographer recording the battalion’s participation in what was referred as the “emergency” to rid the country of the Communist terrorist threat.
He was probably an unlikely officer but most popular with all ranks from the Colonel down. As one would expect, he was a keen supporter of the battalion’s rugby team.
Peter’s service is worth a memory.
John Willson,
Napier.