https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news daily 0.75 2024-10-04 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news/get-out-there-j4e3x monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news/why-deserts-matter-too-g59dn monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news/new-hope-in-old-appalachia-zptnw monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1 daily 0.75 2025-07-27 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/misleading-mayor monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/3aac15f9-4b5d-48be-938f-c1b28a42e9e4/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+11.59.25%E2%80%AFAM.png News - Misleading statistics by the HDC mayor, Sandra Hazlehurst. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/we-cant-eat-concrete monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/20be5f38-cbc2-4657-a96e-8cafba153c82/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+12.11.22%E2%80%AFPM.png News - The fertile soils on the Heretaunga Plains have spoken! - Make it stand out Richard Gaddum holding one of the large awareness billboards across the Heretaunga Plains. A win for the soils! https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/bay-buzz monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/34f8b3a7-a12d-4d9f-89eb-cb3712562579/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25. News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. - Make it stand out Richard Gaddum talks to Mark Sweet about the 2025 Future Development Strategy outcome, and how the people in charge of these incredible precious soils at the two Hawke’s Bay City Councils, are continuing the same old rhetoric of destroying our highly productive land with concrete and asphalt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709672307-CDS2VACRRQIMXYMKNYY3/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_01.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709673329-URF8K858KNYWIH2J3YVY/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_06.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709675538-PO1G5SLYPZM7ARCJ0KM3/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_20.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709677690-ZKIPTJ0S90BSSTMBNGOR/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_21.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709679241-SVKWUAHNDQR2VEWTSQAB/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_22.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709682055-UCVMHOKYNF3HAC0LYWKC/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_23.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709685300-BPYBUI6D1RM11N8MVVWF/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_24.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709686096-JLY2WWQ4IEK493ZZ1F7L/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_25.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - Bay Buzz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1752709696772-S51665COK9ALRR2VZFXA/Bay+Buzz+on+the+FDS.+15.7.25._Page_26.jpg News - “NOT ALL SOILS ARE BORN EQUAL” - 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Fertile Strawberry Patch land proposed for urban development. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/https/baybuzzconz/new-protection-for-hb-precious-soils-93m5p-cphnj-pa9t5-629mb monthly 0.5 2025-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/9a349243-180b-48da-8c8a-0d962c389a13/Screenshot+2025-03-04+at+3.50.53%E2%80%AFPM.png News - Mr Apple's proposal to cover 34ha of LUC Class 1 soils with concrete and asphalt. - Make it stand out Not the clearest image, but you get the idea when you look at the next image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/a8b3b51e-916f-4872-ad80-ad7927540651/Screenshot+2025-03-04+at+3.53.19%E2%80%AFPM.png News - Mr Apple's proposal to cover 34ha of LUC Class 1 soils with concrete and asphalt. - Make it stand out A huge fertile area proposed to be developed into a General Industrial Zone. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/reality-check-radio monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/daf37d91-b511-4a5d-8074-06ed7bddaa69/Screen+Shot+2024-12-19+at+4.25.14+PM.png News - Interview with Paul Brennan of Reality Check Radio.  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/https/baybuzzconz/new-protection-for-hb-precious-soils-93m5p-cphnj-pa9t5 monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/ee8e3437-d454-434b-8d0c-0dfeb6e97d26/Screen+Shot+2024-12-03+at+11.59.28+AM.png News - HAVE YOUR SAY!! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/fds-hl7ad-h3trl monthly 0.5 2024-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/0e4ea629-e53a-4310-b5ea-3f06e1144cef/Screen+Shot+2024-12-03+at+11.46.34+AM.png News - RNZ: Hawke's Bay housing to be built over 'the best soils in the world' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/https/baybuzzconz/new-protection-for-hb-precious-soils-93m5p-cphnj monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/a2187701-816a-4f2c-bf0a-97fbeaf97c54/Screen+Shot+2024-12-03+at+11.42.04+AM.png News - Leah Panapa from The Platform, interviews Richard Gaddum - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/fds-hl7ad monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/eef71a3c-d785-4c38-9f08-cb9df3ca706f/Screen+Shot+2024-12-03+at+11.30.45+AM.png News - Wallace Chapman chats to Richard Gaddum on RNZ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/https/baybuzzconz/new-protection-for-hb-precious-soils-93m5p monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/75428628-7fb9-412d-8236-a4af0fcef0fa/Screen+Shot+2024-11-29+at+9.53.32+AM.png News - Plans for future housing in Hawke's Bay causes controversy - Make it stand out Heretaunga Plains https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/fds monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/0ebd51fc-819a-475e-ba9a-c82aaf09a463/1727054485731-6e2d6fbd-f096-4343-aac9-bfbe7b03d9ed_1.jpg News - Future Development Strategy (FDS) - Make it stand out Future Development Strategy (FDS) Potential Opportunity Areas with full HBUDS https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/https/baybuzzconz/new-protection-for-hb-precious-soils monthly 0.5 2024-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/d295e851-d622-4dc7-8afe-d36941ea9908/Heretaunga+Plains+image..png News - National Policy Statement on Highly Productive Land - Make it stand out Heretaunga Plains https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/soilsymposium monthly 0.5 2024-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/4094ed5b-3b5d-4f6a-9d65-d5ba221d5e81/Soils+Symposium.jpg News - Soil Symposium: ”A voice for the soils.” - Make it stand out Link to watch the Soil Symposium: https://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/hastings/events/hdc-events/soils-symposium/?fbclid=IwAR0cWq-Oe7xLkftX-RqJVmL2Ln_jSWYePmcF9asCGJr7a2uOAcIJCEXsqfc https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/nz-listener-11th-17th-september-2021-lt6pg-gp863-hksz3-kfe6t monthly 0.5 2022-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/27f7b122-dfce-4ad4-95f5-187375953986/Screen+Shot+2022-04-07+at+1.09.27+PM.png News - 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Interview with Kathryn Ryan. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/nz-listener-11th-17th-september-2021-lt6pg-gp863 monthly 0.5 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/20a4803c-089e-4748-92b8-65b63c907e98/Screen+Shot+2022-04-07+at+12.52.48+PM.png News - Lunch meeting with mayor Sandra Hazlehurst. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/greedy-developers-wanting-to-cover-our-hyde-park-of-london-or-central-park-in-new-york-city-with-houses-t3pge monthly 0.5 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/330ff07f-e6b6-4003-bd1c-2809b818a385/Screen+Shot+2022-04-07+at+11.54.16+AM.png News - Housing Developments in Hastings & Flaxmere. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/nz-listener-11th-17th-september-2021-lt6pg monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/785a6b08-cb51-49bd-8b5f-3d9d1b65319e/Screen-Shot-2018-06-04-at-7.52.50-am.png News - Industrial Developments - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/greedy-developers-wanting-to-cover-our-hyde-park-of-london-or-central-park-in-new-york-city-with-houses monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/nz-listener-11th-17th-september-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1630881218703-FDX7HM6C4O002BPE9MX7/NZ+Listener+11-17th+Sept+21.jpg News - NZ Listener 11th-17th September 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/otago-university-report-on-urbanisation-of-horticultural-land monthly 0.5 2021-09-05 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/hawkes-bay-landowners-fighting-urban-development monthly 0.5 2021-09-05 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/news-1/get-out-there-zhg53 monthly 0.5 2020-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593725501612-U6UMQJPF5OFOFACJHPCA/Heretaunga+Plains+Urbanisation+Photo+2.jpg News - Protest at Urbanisation on the Heretaunga Plains https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/history-maps daily 0.75 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593657996193-ESP2K7O19XLLPHY7O0GO/Napier1936_boundaries_zoomed.jpg History and Maps Napier City Council boundaries. Post 1931 Earthquake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593657329901-C5N8ISN7HMRW8M3EFBA4/Soil+Map+of+the+Heretaunga+Plains.Legend.png History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593659210478-ZY1CEZLW42Q0YVVJ2PX0/Karamu+Master+Plan+Area..png History and Maps Karamu Master Plan. Defined area up for future development potential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593657570414-1NCFNGWIZN06PDI4EBSR/image005++purple+post+ww2+green+pre+ww2.png History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593657685206-KMGQYE71ZZ1D96XFHXO8/Legend.PNG History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593658983628-XXE43OQNCZF7W7AJU16L/Hastings+%26+surrounds+historic+aerial+photoswipe+for+quick+indicative+comparison+-+map+3_Page_2+v2.jpg History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593658769396-5KZIME4RGGBKAAKM9HKC/Unproductive+Land+Potential+Development.jpg History and Maps Heretaunga Plains. Suggested development areas on unproductive land. Marked in "Orange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593657503922-Y8VO1GDC0KPZN33OS0XA/image004++purple+post+ww2+green+pre+ww2.png History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593657552330-Q2862PWT1S885PZR1BYH/image002+purple+post+ww2+green+pre+ww2.png History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593658244715-7JU1Q4O0B3QSKAU7YR2Q/Napier2018_Boundaries.jpg History and Maps Napier City Council area. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593657524595-O3MPJD9Z2MY7E4BQXTVG/image003++purple+post+ww2+green+pre+ww2.png History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593658347411-PSUAAL6R65AX3RU1VCKB/NapierDistrictPlan.jpg History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593656959429-2S9E3R5MRCXG4SK81FLS/Soil+Map+of+the+Heretaunga+Plains.png History and Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593658935652-ZU2HZS3AK1HSIKQEC8SW/Hastings+%26+surrounds+historic+aerial+photoswipe+for+quick+indicative+comparison+-+map+3_Page_1+v2.jpg History and Maps https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/suggestions-for-a-solution daily 0.75 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593662666752-329A6VFKC85PDC8L686C/Unproductive+Land+Potential+Development.jpg Suggestions For A Solution Heretaunga Plains. Suggested development areas on unproductive land. Marked in "Orange https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/home daily 1.0 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593663082161-CXR3CM4GFFECAXOEA52J/protect+our+plains.PNG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593655154790-70VRAWTL5ZE9J6A6EHTQ/Havelock+Growth+Map+%28lowres%29+-+map+2.jpg Home - History and Maps Images that give an overview of the expansion of urban growth on the Heretaunga Plains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593655310918-F2R6RV7O3CZ7CMRCF6T0/bostock-151012-135+%281%29.jpg Home - HPUDS Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy (HPUDS) which is the result of a collaborative approach by the Hastings District Council, Napier City Council and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council towards managing urban and industrial growth on the Plains from 2015 to 2045. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593655660932-57PMWHHL3CJX7LBBYER9/Bostock-Onion-Harvesting-028.jpg Home - Suggestions For A Solution Discover our solutions for the way forward. https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/hpuds daily 0.75 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593660723265-JE25PC1Z0OD1TPV072QI/hpuds+1.PNG HPUDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593660459576-KNHPEN411I39CY3WNYWJ/Areas+of+HN+Napier+and+Hastings+pre+WW2.png HPUDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5efd24ddf269c43e697f1f1f/1593660749804-9UQ5SQL4ID18JVBBN67A/hpuds+2.PNG HPUDS https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/contact daily 0.75 2024-10-04 https://www.saveourplains.co.nz/take-action daily 0.75 2024-10-04