11:01am Mon 23 Sep, 2013
I emailed all Mayoral, At Large and Otumoetai/Pyes Pa candidates and asked the question: ‘Would you please advise me whether you are for or against the transfer... Read More
11:00am Mon 23 Sep, 2013
It has to be asked, what would one do without them? We love to hate them at times, but when you witness them at work the reporter, and the photographer, they really... Read More
10:59am Mon 23 Sep, 2013
Week after week and month after month we see letters to the local papers complaining about Tauranga City Council - the rates, the debt, the lack of this and that,... Read More
10:58am Mon 23 Sep, 2013
As an ex-Hamiltonian I have attended most meetings about our forthcoming local body elections and I am amazed at the lack of attendees, which explains why Tauranga... Read More
10:56am Mon 23 Sep, 2013
US president Barack Obama and his Secretary of State John Kerry must privately be cussing over having been cornered by Russian President Vladimir Putin into accepting... Read More
10:55am Mon 23 Sep, 2013
Having recently read an article by Brendon Horan on CEO salaries, I was staggered to see that the Western Bay Council CEO has a salary package of $385,000, including... Read More
10:54am Mon 23 Sep, 2013
The Governtment is once again showing how skilled it is in hurting the people with the power to vote them in or out.The first responsibility of every party is to... Read More
10:52am Mon 23 Sep, 2013
Do some Tauranga City councillors really believe tsunami and other disaster risks rank only 7th on the council's priority list? Actually it is 3rd, do they also... Read More
11:18am Fri 13 Sep, 2013
The forthcoming General Election is imminent. And it is time to remind our electorates to think very cautiously before going to the polls.The National Party leaves... Read More
11:17am Fri 13 Sep, 2013
It's time for everyone to get off their backsides and do something. Preferably something positive, but anything that contributes to the family or the community or... Read More
11:16am Fri 13 Sep, 2013
Do the Tauranga City Council realise how strongly people in this area feel about the felling of trees and re-organisation (in other words destruction) of parks and... Read More
11:16am Fri 13 Sep, 2013
Do we have a council that is so desperate to be re-elected they are prepared to do anything or are they just plain incompetent?During the last few weeks there has... Read More