Linda HallLocal Democracy reporter·Hawkes Bay Today·3 Aug, 2026 04:45 AM4 mins to read‌To'osavili Nigel Bickle when he was welcomed as Hastings District Council's new chief executive during a pōwhiri at Waipatu Marae, Hastings, on February 11, 2019. Photo / Paul TaylorWhen To’osavili Nigel Bickle was preparing to move to Hastings he gave a simple description of what public service should achieve.

Quoting former Prime Minister Norman Kirk, Bickle said in his first media interview that people wanted “someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work and something to hope