Thank goodness Minister Mahuta can't stop the folks in Tauranga from electing a new Member of Parliament, unlike what she has done with her five-year plan for Tauranga. J... Read More

Tauranga's unelected Commissioners have asked the Government to delay local elections for another year. This is a democratic outrage. Already, New Zealanders have... Read More

I have lived in Tauranga now for nine years and love this city. I think it's about time we were given our right to choose our own council back. The council election,... Read More

Many of us do not care how the supposedly great and preferred job being done by the ‘Committee' but it is not democratic. We want a democratically elected... Read More

Re: ‘New Options for Tauranga Residents' on page 10, The Weekend Sun, February 11. Great. I get to ditch the Tauranga City Council bins and the huge cost... Read More

Sometimes it is hard to see, that every human ancestor came down from the same tree. All our forebears lived on the same plot of African land Living happily together... Read More

Who at the Tauranga City Council ordered the removal of our beloved Oak tree from the roundabout on Cameron Rd and Ninth Ave? Is it council policy that Tauranga... Read More

Now that petrol and diesel costs are so high to be unaffordable for many, thoughts must go to solving the problem. The Government may mandate carless days again,... Read More

The TECT Trustees' restructure' strategy was recently dealt with by the High Court Tauranga and a judgment approving the 'restructure” was given mid -December... Read More

Re: Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta accepts responsibility for two parts of the Three Waters reforms she 'got wrong” on ‘Q+A'. Unconvincing,... Read More

Interesting to read the Mayor of Kaipara District Council, Dr Jason Smith, who was invited onto the three waters working group by Nania Mahuta has now joined the... Read More

And so those who are benefiting - that is receiving ratepayer dollars or getting their way - think the Commissioners are doing a great job. If that's so then the... Read More