Hamish Thomas News Today

The thick blanket of silt cloaking productive land across Hawke's Bay might not be as suffocating as once thought, with some some vegetable crops pushing through the barrier.

Scott Hammond/Stuff The car park on High St, out the back of Farmers, lost spaces when the Quays Riverside Park was developed. Council chief executive Mark Wheeler said details of the agreement with Kirk Roberts Consulting were confidential at this stage, but assured neighbours and the wider public would be consulted before anything happened. “We have got a confidential agreement with the possible developers and it is quite common because they put a lot of money in to investigate sites, so ...