Some sections of the media keep on eulogising an 11 per cent growth in Tauranga's population fro the recently released Census statistics.
However, that figure relates to the full seven-year period under review by the Census people from 2006 to 2013.
And it represents only 1500 people each year, being a 1.5 per cent annual increase in population - or perhaps even less than this in recent times.
The clear understanding is most of this so-called ‘growth' occurred between 2006-2010 and in 2012/2013 it was only 0.7 per cent.
So those responsible for the hype are being asked to please stop overstating the significance of the position.
Get your feet back on the ground and face the reality of the situation. Tauranga, in fact, has no significant growth.
There is no population boom in any meaningful sense of the word; and to say so is quite wrong.
S Paterson, Arataki.