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Kia ora, I am Rick Barker and I am standing for the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council. The Regional Council is our leading agency for the environment. It is responsible for monitoring, researching and regulating. My first term on Council it was entirely fixated on the construction of the now ill fated Ruataniwha dam, at a…

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Speech Commemorating 100 Years after World War One

Commemoration for the 100th Anniversary of World War One at the Hastings Clock Tower, 11 November 2018, by Rick Barker Veterans, members of the armed forces, Mayor Sandra Hazelhurst, Regional Council Chair Rex Graham, Ngati Kahungunu Leader, Ngahiwi Tomaona, councillors, special guests, citizens and young people, we are here to commemorate the 100 anniversary of…

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