Dr Russell Wills, Hawke's Bay Today Person of the Year 2014.
It has been a good year of community involvement for Hawke's Bay Today.
The paper is not only there to report the news, but to support local events and praise great initiatives and people who put our province in the spotlight.
We support a number of events from Horse of
the Year to Country2Coast to the Food and Wine Classic to, this year for the first time, the Harcourts Hawke's Bay Arts Festival.
We also host public events, when the occasion demands it, including in the run-up to national and local elections. This year, we held two very successful public meetings - one on amalgamation and the other on the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme.
There are many worth causes we support like, for example, the Bring Yer Boots campaign where we ask readers to donate footy boots and sports shoes so less-fortunate children can get out there and play sport.
