Calling museum and library fans

Tauranga City Council is seeking public input into its plans for a new museum and library. File photo.

Tauranga City Council is seeking community input to design a future museum and the central library in the city centre.

As part of the Heart of the City programme, they are holding free, fun and interactive sessions where residents can share their ideas about what they want to do and see in a museum and library.

The three-hour sessions are open to the community. Food will be provided and there is a $100 Downtown Tauranga voucher up for grabs at each session.

City transformation committee chair Larry Baldock encourages people who are passionate about museums and libraries and want to play a part in helping shape the development of a future museum and central library in the city centre to register for a workshop.

'Last year, the Tauranga community told us it wanted a vibrant, active and safe city centre and that it believed things like a museum, modern library and performance venue would help create that. We listened and are now working on defining what these facilities could be like,” says Larry.

'To do this, we need to understand the type of experience you expect to have and what a new museum and the central library will do for both you and the city. These facilities will be created to serve the community's needs first and foremost, so it's important elected members understand exactly what you want from them.”

Sessions will be held at Level 1, 2 Devonport Rd on:

Saturday, May 13, 9am-12pm and 2pm-5pm

Tuesday, May 16, 5.30pm-8.30pm

Wednesday, May 17, 11am-2pm and 5.30pm-8.30pm

Friday, May 19, 9am-12pm

To register for one of the sessions, contact: jennifer.butcher@tauranga.govt.nz or phone 07 577 7165.

For more information, see: www.tauranga.govt.nz/culturalfacilities

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9 comments

City wants input

Posted on 13-05-2017 07:49 | By Angels

City had a referendum and the city spoke.We spent $$$$$ to get what the people wanted, no musuem.When do the elected politicians listen. That is the second referendum in Nz that has been totally ignored.The vote only counts when politician want to get elected


Fooled

Posted on 13-05-2017 09:30 | By Minib

I was under the impression that 80 percent of Tauranga did not want a museum, what a sneaky way to get your own way.


Best of luck with this innovation TCC

Posted on 13-05-2017 09:40 | By Papamoaner

This is what makes a city attractive to visitors and vibrant. There will be a swarm of naysayers. They just want rows and rows of houses and nothing for the people to do. The ingredients for an aimless ghetto with no culture. We must ignore them and just get on with it.


Let's all support what we voted against

Posted on 13-05-2017 09:47 | By Angels

Newspaper don,t like these comments. They only want lap puppies to do what the few rich people want. We the public voted against this and now we are again being ignored.We spend $$ to get what people want, then a few rich think they can over ride the public wishes.Another referendum would prove this, let the rich pay for it otherwise. Not the tax payer. We just want democracy.Take a zero off the


Museum Fans?

Posted on 13-05-2017 14:56 | By waiknot

I haven't found any here having read past comments.


@Angels

Posted on 13-05-2017 17:45 | By Papamoaner

The problem is that if we have a referendum on every city project, we would get nothing done and have no progress. The referendum that counts in a democracy is the one that elects councilors (an election). After that, it's reasonable to let them get on with it without us pulling on their coat tails every time they move. It's normal now world-wide, for councils to invest in stuff that attracts visitors and returns profit that helps minimise rates. Take a look at Dunedin city investment potfolio for 2016 - $95 million. Even if only a small part of that is profit, it is of significant benefit to the city. Due diligence is the main thing, and nobody has mentioned that yet.


and waiknot...

Posted on 13-05-2017 22:00 | By groutby

............you won't either, (except from the usual suspects)....be assured, whether we want one or not, it IS going to happen......the perception is we have multitudes of museum"ites" suddenly appear and a great "thing" will happen...it simply won't....it will be a burden on the ratepayer just as much of TCC is at the moment...what can we do though?...we cannot it seems get them to pay, so who ACTUALLY drives this?...the ratepayer counts for NOTHING...believe it....


@Groutby

Posted on 14-05-2017 12:17 | By Papamoaner

I can help you with that. Just look at the other museum article on Sunlive. Of the supporters, four were presented on a video clip and come across as level headed mature citizens. But wait, there's more;- You will see dates and times where anyone (yes that's you too) can go down and talk to the council officers. Waste of time venting your opposition on here when you can do it directly where they will at least listen to your point of view. Maybe you will make a difference! C'mon folks, you can do it - they won't bite. Money where your mouth is as they say. Might even get a cuppa.


@Angels

Posted on 15-05-2017 08:30 | By Papamoaner

You keep referring to past "voting" What election or referendum are you referring to? It's no good citing data without reference if you want to debate issues..


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