Labour Party leader David Shearer is visiting Tauranga today meeting with community leaders and interest groups.

The opposition leader will this morning visit Merivale Community Centre where he will meet with community centre leaders, Youth and Whanau support workers before taking a short walk to Merivale School.

Labour Party leader David Shearer is visiting Tauranga today.

At the school David will be greeted by the kapa haka group and meet with staff and parents.

He will participate in a community meeting in the school library discussing child poverty, cost of living issues, benefit changes under National, housing affordability, education.

This afternoon David will host a public meeting chaired by Western Bay of Plenty Greypower at Baycourt Theatre to discuss Labour's power policy and affordable housing before meeting with iwi at 3pm.