Thank you Mayor Crosby for putting me right about Ngai Tuhoe, they are in co-governance with the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and not our Tauranga City Council.
I am sure that this will delight those who are under the authority of the regional council to know that Tame Iti et al will not have power over you at the point of a gun, but rather with the stroke of a pen! A weapon of stationery may appear preferable to a cache of AK-47's, but their power will be immense and they will use it to the nth degree..
Meanwhile, it is the Tauranga Moana who are in co-governance with our council. The prefix 'co” denotes 'half” and I stand by my original comments in which I pointed out the problems in Auckland caused by this co-governance and the extra millions it will cost their ratepayers.
You all have the opportunity to make your opinion heard at a meeting to be held by the Constitutional Advisory Panel next Tuesday 28th 9.30am – 11.30am at the Village Hall, Historic Village, 17th Ave.
The aim of the racially-stacked panel is to entrench the Treaty of Waitangi as supreme law in a written constitution for New Zealand.
This is our chance to make clear to that panel that you wish for equality for all with no regard to race. The foundation of democracy is that all citizens must be treated exactly the same under the law. They need to know that we say a resounding NO to a race-based constitution.
See you there!

R. Bishop, Pyes Pa.