03:57pm Fri 08 Oct, 2010
With all due respects to those hard hit folk who have lost almost everything they owned as a result of the horrendous 7.1 earthquake in Canterbury, but why oh why... Read More
03:57pm Fri 08 Oct, 2010
Stuart Crosby and Anne Pankhurst are old Council comrades. They were both supporters of the extravagant Pier Museum project and other costly projects envisaged... Read More
03:55pm Fri 08 Oct, 2010
A powerful reason for a low voter turn-out, is that most voters realise, that staff run everything, so why bother voting?A careful study of past projects, put forward... Read More
03:55pm Fri 08 Oct, 2010
Councillors voted that the CEO was to disclose financial information about Tauranga City Aquatics Ltd by Oct-2009, that has failed to materialise to date. Now available... Read More
03:54pm Fri 08 Oct, 2010
The Weekend Sun of 17 September 2010 published the claims of the ‘Voter Empowerment Group' that 25% of Tauranga rates will be paid to service Tauranga City... Read More
03:54pm Fri 08 Oct, 2010
A recent report on this $1.2 million investigation nonsense shows just how little respect the Government and Local Government bureaucracy have for taxpayer and ratepayer... Read More
03:40pm Fri 01 Oct, 2010
Anne McComish ('Euthanasia about Personal Freedom”-Friday 24 Sept) claims that I said suicide and abortion will increase if voluntary euthanasia was permitted.I... Read More
03:39pm Fri 01 Oct, 2010
I am writing to endorse the comments of Bonnie Leonard in The Weekend Sun 24 September, regarding the terrible condition of the Historic Village.We were there about... Read More
03:02pm Fri 01 Oct, 2010
Ministry of Education claims that the 'average” salary of a secondary teacher is $71,000 demonstrate either that they are being deliberately deceptive, or... Read More
03:02pm Fri 01 Oct, 2010
As Bonnie Leonard (24 September, Weekend Sun) and Des Ferrow have alluded to, the Historic Village is rapidly becoming a shambles. It's a mess, the good guys are... Read More
03:01pm Fri 01 Oct, 2010
They have the power to take my home, or yours, if we do not obey, and sell it!Government has given our council the power to sell our property to recover rates if... Read More
03:01pm Fri 01 Oct, 2010
Last week Council Staff presented a draft financial report for Tauranga City Venues Ltd - Baypark, this reported a large loss of $1.645m for the year to 30/6/2010.... Read More