Category Archives: Hawke’s Bay

Coastal challenges

Posted on 11 October 2010 by Gavin Kenny

I noticed a small article in one of the local newspapers last week, promoting an event to celebrate the Cape Coast in Hawke’s Bay (including the coastal communities of Haumoana and Te Awanga). The event is a fund-raising auction, which … Continue reading →

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Local resilience: Current happenings in the garden

Posted on 5 October 2010 by Gavin Kenny

For some time I’ve been intending to write about happenings in our home garden. Climate change has never been an abstract issue for me. I have a long-standing interest in self-sufficiency, local adaptation and resilience. This goes back to my … Continue reading →

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Taharoa Trust field day a success

Posted on 29 April 2010 by Gavin Kenny

We held a very successful field day at Taharoa Trust farm on Mahia Peninsula yesterday, hosted by owners Pat and Sue O’Brien. There were about 70 farmers and rural industry people who came from as far afield as Porongahau in … Continue reading →

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Interviewed on Rural Delivery

Posted on 19 September 2009 by Gavin Kenny

I was one of the subjects of a segment on Rural Delivery on TV1 this morning. I was interviewed several weeks ago, along with Tim Dinneen, a Hawke’s Bay farmer who we had previously interviewed as part of the two-year … Continue reading →

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