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Eric Mischefski: No outcry from union over cattle exports
There are reasons why there has been no cry of indignation from union.

Mike Williams: It's Yule's move
Not living in the Tukituki electorate could come back to bite National candidate.

Napier glowingly endorsed Hastings tourist puller
Rare display of co-operation between twin cities in 1920s.

Touch the pictures and get an earful you'll enjoy
Visitors can truly connect with a new installation at the MTG

Gerard Pain: Plan B, C for water storage
Isn't it about time we started looking at another option where all farmers could benefit?

Editorial: Focus should be on discharge being compliant
Building a strong relationship with council to avoid being prosecuted is missing the point

Garth Eyles: Lake Tutira - the real facts!
It is not practical to expect the water quality at Lake Tutira to change overnight.

Linda Hall: Close off gorge talk and do something
Linda Hall's earliest memory of the Manawatu Gorge is not a nice one.

Adam Green: Better shape of things to come
Christmas is coming and flab is coming off in an eight-week lifestyle challenge.

Editorial: Compassion will travel
Hastings hospice's move a natural evolution, more a philosophy than bricks and mortar.

Catherine Delahunty: Counting dam cost
Call me old fashioned but I thought the regional council was meant to look after water.

The simplest of creatures will see us off
The simplest things in life are best...and the most enduring.

Editorial: Full coverage of Bay elections planned
The election hoardings are up so this means the campaigning has begun in earnest.

Gren Christie: Govt can fix pollution woes
The divide that exists is one between those who pollute for profit and those who won't.

Editorial: Foot patrols render city safe
City Assist foot patrols have proved successful in Hastings.

Sandra Hazlehurst: Making CBD a place to live, work and play
People will choose to live in and near the city, if it is attractive and well planned.

Not that easy to catch our favourite movies
Anxious wait to discover which films will roll in to Bay

Charlie Hutchison: Cleaning up environment must be focus
It will take decades to clean up the environment we are already living with.

Memorial site needs to be accessible
War memorials act as markers or "historical touchstones" which remind us of the past.

Editorial: Kura's appointment well timed
New police chief's focus on family violence a winner for all in Hawke's Bay.

Rowe: Relationships key to everything
'Service' is all to do with relationships ... positive and negative.

Linda Hall: More to beauty than looks
Linda Hall: So much that's more important than a child's appearance.

Day goes to the dogs, fast and furious way
Chocolate-cake disaster and sick puppy are just start of catalogue of woes.