Podcasts about hawkes bay

The Hawkes Bay-born songwriter and performer is being inducted into the New Zealand Country Music Hands of Fame this weekend. 

Chris discusses the businesses fearing for their survival after revaluations led to big commercial rates hikes, the restaurant turning off the lights and cooking with fire to mark World Environment Day, hundreds of cell towers get better back up batteries to protect 111 calls in emergencies and the North Island sheep dog trials kick off.

Five clones. One vineyard. Endless complexity. Ian Quinn of Two Terraces in Hawkes Bay explains why he grows five different Chardonnay clones and what each one contributes to the final wine.

It will be lights out for a top Hawkes Bay restaurant next week. But don't panic St George's restaurant is unplugging as part of World Environment Day. All non-essential electricity will be switched off; it will be candlelight all the way. But without an oven what's the plan for cooking the kai? St George's owner Frankie Godinho spoke to Lisa Owen.

Sola Rosa's Andrew Spraggon talks to Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason about his latest record, In The Mids, and imminent album tour. It kicks off in Auckland on Friday May 22 at Double Whammy, before travelling to Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Christchurch, New Plymouth and Wellington. Expect live interpretations of the album's tracks and reworked music from his extensive archive, plus (excitingly) an audio-visual element. Tickets are available here.  

Jack Moody ran a 2:20 marathon in Hawkes Bay – we chat about his training and race strategy, plus we discuss shoe choices, running biomechanics and cadence.   We catch up on the racing from IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga and WTCS Yokohama at the weekend. We share an excerpt from our interview with Jackie Hering, out later this week. 0:00:00 – Jack's result at Hawke's Bay Marathon 0:07:56 – Pacing the marathon 0:10:40 – Cadence and stride length 0:11:28 – Lactate Testing 0:11:46 – Aerobic threshold: The data 0:13:47 – Fresh marathon versus marathon off the bike 0:15:40 – Training miles leading into the race 0:16:08 – Shoe choice 0:21:12 – IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga race review 0:28:31 – Jackie Hering excerpt 0:33:22 – Race Day Execution 0:45:11 – WTCS Yokohama 0:56:34 – Matt Hauser 0:58:39 – Tilda Mansson 1:00:34 – Foot strike LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ Hawkes Bay Marathon at https://hawkesbaymarathon.co.nz/ IM703 Chattanooga at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-chattanooga Tilda Mansson at https://www.instagram.com/tilda_mansson/ Matt Hauser at https://www.instagram.com/matt_hauser Jackie Hering at https://www.instagram.com/jackiemhering/ WTCS Yokohama at https://events.triathlon.org/2026-wtcs-yokohama

Hawkes Bay Racing CEO Darin Balcombe joins the show to discuss return of racing to Hastings, being the CEO of Hawkes Bay Racing and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Affco's National Livestock Manager breaks through the $12/kg barrier for lamb price and updates a very positive season for red meat. Plus he laments some tough times for some primary sector industries in Hawkes Bay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You plant Gamay. A grape expert visits. Turns out it is Pinot Noir. Only in wine. Ian Quinn of Two Terraces joins us to talk Hawkes Bay, Chenin Blanc, Gamay and building a vineyard from the ground up.

Ian Quinn of Two Terraces in Hawkes Bay grows Albarino for several winemakers across the region. We explore how and why they came to plant the variety, the different styles being produced, and why New Zealand Albarino is proving to be very good indeed.

This is quite possibly from our "hopeless causes" file. But can I at least try and make the plea that we have a look at the economic damage done by trigger-happy weather offices and compliant clickbait media when it comes to storm warnings? Cyclone Vaianu was the latest and is hopefully still fresh enough in our memories to remind us of a week's worth of hyperbole and headline nonsense that actually caused quite a lot of damage. Not storm damage, but economic damage. Spending in Northland was down 48%. Auckland down 46%. Waikato down 52% (that would have included the Supercars that got canned). Bay of Plenty down 68%. Gisborne down 51%. Hawkes Bay down 56%. Now obviously in the middle of a storm on that blowy, old Saturday and into Sunday you have already worked out you're not booking an outdoor table for lunch. But these figures will include the week building up to the event, the drama that started the previous Sunday, with the ever-present "keep an eye on this one" headlines, and as the week progressed, the alarmism grew. Not because alarmism was required, but because the weather wonks and the media feed off each other. The weather people love publicity and the media, especially digital, love potential clickbait. And nothing baits your click like pending metrological carnage. So in that prior Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, how many things got cancelled? Bookings killed? Trips binned? Decisions altered? That's the economic damage we can avoid. If you remember, it wasn't until Friday they actually knew what the weather, they thought, would do. They were still wrong. But at least by Friday they had confidence in the ensuing days. When so much of our potential economic activity got canned, they were still speculating and blabbering on about trampolines and holiday travel and telling you how to live your life. Somewhere along the line the weather people got carried away with their own self-importance and the media gee'd them up and what is a two-day storm turned into a week-long extravaganza. An orgy of verbal diarrhoea, amping and amping and amping. And, as the data shows, doing untold damage to regions that didn't really need it, as well as a storm. The forlorn hope? That this data sobers a few people up and maybe, just maybe, next time a few grown-ups drive the narrative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Game Lodge Stables Trainer Guy Lowry joins the show to chat about the trials held at Hastings yesterday, the state of the grounds, racing in Hawkes Bay, upcoming runners & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Game Lodge Stables Trainer Guy Lowry joins the show to chat about the trials held at Hastings yesterday, the state of the grounds, racing in Hawkes Bay, upcoming runners & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're starting today's show talking about sugar, and what we can do to reduce our consumption of it. The issues connected with sugar aren't new news, but in an election year, dentists say now's the time to do something about it. The NZ Dental Association argues that education isn't enough and it's time for stronger policies to be put in place. Hawkes Bay based Dentist & Director of Dental Policy at the NZ Dental Association Dr Robin Whyman joins me now to discuss.

Chris talks to Kathryn about how the community is reeling after the triple homicide of a mother and two children.

How does Hawkes Bay sit within the overall New Zealand wine scene. Brent Linn from the Hawke's Bay Winegrowers Association joins the podcast to share insights into the region

The storm for the most of the North Island was a fizzer. The TV news struggled to find pictures of anything actually happening other than a few trees down and reporters breathlessly doing pieces to camera in the wind. In Auckland where I live most shops were closed and they didn't need to be. There is a risk of the boy who cried wolf. But I also don't think need to have an existential national conversation about whether this was over-hyped. The forecasters do their thing. They tell you what is coming. Or their best guess of what's coming. Then it's up to us to make our own decisions based on the information, our own experience and personal judgement. The businesses who decided to close yesterday before anything had actually happened lost a day's trade. The one's who didn't, didn't. Maybe next time they'll make a different call. After all, Auckland was only under an orange watch. The media coverage was over the top. It always is. Remember they make money off events like this. Eyeballs on screens. I noticed before every video on the stuff site yesterday showing ocean lapping at sand dune, there was an ad for Tower Insurance playing. They do what they do. But you can't tell MetService to not to report the weather. They're damned if they do and damned if they don't. We're all responsible for our own lives. Ultimately we can decide if we're safe enough to stay home or go to get a flat white from the local Robert Harris. And if you want to go out kite-surfing or surfin in their storm, all power to ya. You might die, or you might have an awesome Sunday, wither way it'll be your informed choice to do so.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to Brent Linn to get an overview of the Hawkes Bay wine region on the North Island of New Zealand.

Energy security is shaping up to be the hottest item on this year's election agenda, and with good reason. Ask any business who's about to renew an energy contract, any transport business who's battling the price of diesel, or any factory or mill thinking about mass layoffs and shutting up shop. In Hawke's Bay, CEOs are organising an energy summit in June. Their business leaders voted energy as their top concern. Bombing in the Middle East might be in pause, bar Beirut, but the energy price battle is far from over. And it's time for our politicians to put their swords down and agree on a long term energy strategy that addresses the new world we're living in. Post ceasefire, oil is still more than 30% more expensive than it was before the war. Gas is 40% higher. There's a piece in The Economist, well worth a read, that sets out the problem well. Infrastructure's been damaged and takes time to repair. When the tankers start moving, the insurance premiums will cost an arm and leg. That's before ships take the risk of sailing in the opposite direction back into the Gulf again while a shaky ceasefire is in play. We've now all learnt that a few drones and terrorists with speed boats is all it takes to choke supply. Oil will find a way, from other regions, or overland by pipes, but all this takes time and costs money. I had Chlöe Swarbrick and David Seymour in my show yesterday and they both disagreed with each other on what mix of energy solutions we need to keep trucks, factories, and businesses moving. But the fact is they both have valid points and all parties should compromise and agree on an energy plan we can all agree on. Whether that's LNG, over-building renewables (as Sir Rod Drury argues), more drill baby drill, tanks at Marsden Point, coal for Huntly, or a combination of all of the above, political consensus is the missing ingredient to make ensure NZ Inc can keep the lights on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off today in Hawke's Bay, where the Government has just committed to a loan of $18 million towards a proposed dam. A dam on the Makaroro River has been on the cards for years, various attempts to get it off the ground have been hit with controversy. This investment will mean the viability of the dam can be tested - to find out how they'll do that Jesse is joined by Tukituki water security project chairman Mike Petersen.

I can help Steve Abel. Steve is the Green's agriculture bloke and he wants an urgent inquiry into the Wattie's and Heinz mess in Hawkes Bay. He is wasting his time. Not because he shouldn't be concerned, because he should. We should all be concerned. But the answers he seeks are already readily available. He asks about four main things: the regulatory environment, energy costs, foreign owner indifference, and anti-competitive behaviour from the supermarkets. The website Newsroom wrote a solid piece about all this several weeks ago in which it was broadly concluded the troubles in Hawke's Bay have been coming for a decade, so some late, breaking alarmism via yet another committee addresses nothing. Costs in this country are too high. I refer you to Paul Conway's speech last week to a bunch of financial operators. We are unproductive and have been for years. Supermarkets have indeed played a part. The home brand scenario damaged the more premium brands and Wattie's etc have suffered because of it. Now, is that anti-competitive? Or offering more competition? Does the punter want choice and price range? I would have thought yes. On the energy costs, Wattie's and Heinz have both spoken to this. Our energy costs are ruinous. Gas, or lack of it, has killed a lot of manufacturing. The Greens might like to ask themselves why they got obsessed with solar panels and banned gas before there were enough solar panels to cover the energy gaps. The old regulatory environment is an interesting one. Labour and Nicola Willis have jawboned rules and regulations and watchdogs and Commerce Commission investigations, but to what avail? Nothing has changed, which either means there is nothing to change, or they are useless. Foreign owner indifference, I would suggest, that sounds a bit xenophobic. Yes, I know what he means – could a massive player in Detroit cut ties without losing sleep in little old New Zealand? Sure. But no one who invests and runs businesses does so with indifference. Between the dumping, the cheap stuff consumers prefer, the size of our market, and the ruinous cost of energy, it's all there as a combustible recipe to blow up a lot of business models. Peas in a bag and peaches in a tin are the victims. The inquiry is not needed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kia Ora Blood Bowl fans!We're back once again. Talking about High Elves...once again. But we have more info this time!!Sadly, no friends of the show this episode. Just the same old voices. So sit back and listen to Trickey, Welshy and Toffer waffle on about Prince Morons favourite friends as the new Helf stats have been released (well mostly).We also discuss a few recent tournaments from your friends and ours in Palmy and The Hawkes Bay. We look ahead to Blitz Bowl in Tauranga and find out about which leagues are already up and running and which ones need to get a move on and get started. What has Mushoomy been up to across the Tasman?May your next dice roll be a good one!If you are not already on discord, come and join us on the NZBB Discord server here - https://tinyurl.com/joinNZBBC and please visit the NZ Blood Bowl Community FB page here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZBBC/ If you are not already on discord, come and join us on the NZBB Discord server here - https://tinyurl.com/joinNZBBC and please visit the NZ Blood Bowl Community FB page here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZBBC/ Intro music adapted from Bensound.com. Cheers Bensound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris discusses the confirmation of the closure of the McCains food processing plant in Hastings, the local lumber mill being asked to burn treated timber in one of its boilers, a victory in a long running fight over a street sign and a special cricket medal awarded in the memory of a young player who died with brain cancer.

New Zealand vegetable growers have been dealt another blow with McCain announcing it's closing its processing plant in Hawke's Bay. Hugh Ritchie grows peas, corn and carrots among other crops for McCain on his Hawkes Bay farm. He spoke to Corin Dann.

Hawkes Bay Rugby CEO Jay Campbell joins the show to chat club rugby in the Bay, changes to the competition with some long-standing teams no longer able to compete, playing numbers, pathways & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mission Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2024, Gimblett Gravels, Hawke's Bay, RRP from $25.00 The wine: A classic Hawkes Bay red blend with the power of Cabernet framing the softness of Merlot. Flavours of blackberry and tobacco, Doris plum, Kalamata olive, and dried herb, with some smoky wood muscle. Dry, lots of texture from tannins and acidity framing a core of dark berries and plum. It's fresh, it's new, and ready to drink today or lay down for another 1-2 years. The Food: A wine for casseroles or leaner meats, excellent for lamb lollypops or a home-made shepherd's pie. This style of wine has the power to stand up to a medium-rare steak as well as the softness for sweeter red meats such as lamb or venison. The season: 2024 has proven to be an excellent year for red wines from Hawke's Bay, and frankly from throughout NZ. Lots of dry warm days when it was needed and a cooling diurnal shift in the evenings. Releasing the wines now demonstrates the power and concentration of such wines that need more time in cellar, the wine producer's cellar before release. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wine: Askerne Semillon 2021, Hawke's Bay RRP from $23.99 A perfect bouquet of waxy citrus peel and yellow flowers, apple and peach. A seam of dry stone minerality and a gentle fruit spice quality adds complexity and charm. A dry wine with a satin-cream touch on the palate followed by flavours of tree and citrus fruits, quince and a developing complexity. Lanolin – waxy oily smell and taste- very positive in wine, but zero to do with lanolin oil from woolly animals like sheep. This wine has great integrity for several days in the fridge and will age well in the cellar also. The Season: 2025 in Hawkes Bay has the potential to be one the better vintages for most varieties cultivated. A warm and dry Spring led to some early flowering delivering an early harvest and some significant volume. Overall the fruit quality was high and from what I have tasted so far from producers has ranged from very good to down-right outstanding. The food match: With a young Semillon – oysters can work well, I prefer to eat sushi or prawn dishes with rice. Chicken and Pork dishes tend to work also, the real trick is aim for dishes that have a salt lick about them and definitely very low to no spice. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you want farmers to support the economy, you need to help them get their kids to school. That's the message from a Hawkes Bay farmer and vet whose kids can't get the local school bus due to route cuts. Sally Newall spoke to Corin Dann.

Chris talks to Kathryn about the three story government owned apartment block standing empty in Napier, the grape harvest that is the earliest seen in more than 40 years and the Art Deco festival is on this weekend amid forecast warm weather.

There have been two cases of nerve damage linked to the use of nitrous oxide or nangs in Hawkes Bay. Community leaders recently called a crisis hui after an apparent spike in recreational use of the gas with dozens of empty cannisters being discarded, locally. Dr Nicholas Jones is the Medical Officer of Health in Hawke's Bay and was at the community meeting, he spoke to Lisa Owen.

A significant jump in the recreational use of nitrous oxide, or nangs, has Hawkes Bay officials worried, with claims big cannisters of the gas are being marketed directly to children. Nitrous oxide is a colourless gas, known as laughing gas, which is used as a painkiller in medical and dental procedures, and is also used in catering to make whipped cream. If inhaled recreationally nangs can have dangerous long-term side effects like nerve damage in the brain and spinal cord. In recent weeks, dozens of the discarded cannisters have started turning up. Stewart Whyte of Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga called a crisis meeting and spoke to Lisa Owen.

People are being urged to buy local tinned fruit as imports from overseas flood the market. New Zealand's peach industry took a significant hit last year, when Heinz Wattie's told multiple peach growers it would no longer need their fruit. It's because many consumers are choosing imported fruit instead after China dumped hundreds of thousands of canned peaches into the market at a much lower cost. Hawkes Bay's Yummy Fruit Company general manager Paul Paynter told Mike Hosking there's a difference in quality. He says if people buy a can of Watties and a can of the Chinese brand, the taste is night and day. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A pop up clinic offering free dental care in Wairoa has been overwhelmed with demand in an area that hasn't had a full time dentist for half a decade. The clinic is a joint project between Health New Zealand, iwi, Kahungunu and Hawkes Bay's Golden Apple dentists. Patients have been prioritised according to need and there has been lots of them keen to get in the chair, with the clinic's two week run almost over. Dr Isha Woodhams of Golden Apple Dental spoke to Lisa Owen.

A New Zealander who had his leg amputated after being severely injured while fighting in Ukraine says he sung Aotearoa's national anthem to keep himself going during his excruciating rescue. Khol Gillies had to wait days to be evacuated from the battlefield because fierce fighting made it virutally impossible to reach him. Gillies, originally from Hawkes Bay had been in Ukraine for six months fighting as a volunteer. Gillies spoke to Lisa Owen.

RNZ reporter Jessica Hopkins's been speaking to some of the people who experienced the hottest weather in the country.

Temperatures set to clock above 30 degrees this week. The high temperatures are a by-product of a heatwave in Australia seeing some states hit 45 degrees; More than a week after the company behind the app, Manage My Health, disclosed a data breach, patients are still struggling to find out if they've been affected; A routine biodiversity check in North Taranaki has led to the possible discovery of a brand-new species of spider; Extra firefighting crews have been put on standby to help the Hawkes Bay region as it swelters under an extreme fire risk this weekend.

Extra firefighting crews have been put on standby to help the Hawkes Bay region as it swelters under an extreme fire risk this weekend. Tim Mitchell, the wildfire manager for Fire and Emergency spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Hawkes Bay Today Chris Hyde talks about Level 4 water restrictions in the coastal community of Kairakau.

Today on the Show Jerry and Manaia learn more about the recent Code brown situation at a Hawkes Bay swimming Pool... Plus, we are joined by Mikey Havoc!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two, a group of Hawkes Bay parents are outraged their school bus route has been cancelled with next-to-no notice. Then, an unsuspecting style of dance is enjoying a global resurgence - and it's also especially good for your health.

Monday means it's time to hit the clubs - because we've got a new segment on the show where I chat to clubbers. So if you have a club you'd like Jesse to join for the day please get in touch we'd love to hear from you - afternoons@rnz.co.nz

Hawkes Bay startup MahiAI is offering companies guidance on te ao Maori content. 

The Hawke's Bay East Coast Branch Construction Awards celebrates outstanding infrastructure achievements... and we reckon infrastructure in Hawkes Bay, post cyclone Gabrielle, is something we should all be excited about. Jesse talks to one of the judges Greg Lumsden.

A witness in the inquest into 13 deaths linked to Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke's Bay has warned the coroner that more people will be harmed unless local councils set trigger levels for rivers, so everyone knows when an evacuation is needed. The second phase of the coronial inquiry ends today in the Hastings District Court. For three weeks Coroner Erin Woolley has been looking at why hundreds of people's lives were put at risk during the 2023 weather event when they weren't evacuated in time. Hawke's Bay Tairawhiti reporter Alexa Cook has been covering the inquest.

Alexa discusses the fires that have been hitting the area and meetings over who should be responsible for reducing risk and paying for the work. 

A Hawkes Bay family that lost a son to suicide is now behind a drive to get digital well-being support into as many schools as possible. 

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Alexa talks about this week's Coroner's Inquest into Cyclone Gabrielle, the legal action being taken against Wairoa's regional council and the village of Onga Onga celebrates 150 years.

The first witness to give evidence at a coronial inquiry looking into the deaths of 13 people during Cyclone Gabrielle says Gisborne's civil defence was better organised than Hawkes Bay. Ken Cooper was the central Team Leader for Urban Search and Rescue during the cyclone and was deployed to Tairawhiti first, before moving on to the Hawkes Bay region. Mr Cooper's evidence is part of a three week inquest at Hastings District Court to examine the emergency response on preparedness of authorities during the devastating 2023 storm. Alexa Cook reports.