Hawke's Bay Airport making push for international status. ------- ------------- Hawke's Bay's push to develop an international airport is a timely reminder Palmerston North must get its act together, according to city airport boss Garry Goodman. "We need to get on with things here," he said.

Palmerston North's Southern Cross Hospital is more than halfway through a $150,000 contract to provide elective surgery for Hawke's Bay patients.

By CARPINTER, Bernard DAIRY farming is becoming difficult because of tight regulations, according to a company fined $20,000 for discharging too much effluent from its cow sheds.

By WEBB, Kathy THE Government's 50 per cent stake in Hawke's Bay airport will be offered for sale to the region's councils if National wins next year's election. The other half of the airport company is owned by Hastings District Council and Napier City Council, which also own the airport's land.

HASTINGS District Council has approved a pay increase of nearly 100 per cent for the Hawke's Bay Airport Authority chairman and directors. Their current fees are the lowest for a regional airport in New Zealand -- $8000 and $5500 a year respectively.