During the days of the Tauranga District Council during the 1992-1995 council term and under the chairmanship of Grant Aislabie, the Community Services Committee had their meetings in all sorts of places.

I particularly remember one at Whareroa Marae, where they made protests about their vehicles being ticketed during a tangi and the erosion taking place with the tides barrelling through under the small bridge and taking their land. We also had a meeting in the Tauranga Library grouped around the old horseshoe-shaped table and the big carved chair was occupied with pride by Aislabie. We had a big discussion about the nudist's beach that day.

My memory gets a bit hazy about the other parts of the district, but I think we met at the Welcome Bay School Hall and had to perch on the children's chairs. Certainly, we met at the old Mount Borough chambers and Papamoa and Matua but where, I cannot be certain. During the 1998-2001 term when renovations were being carried out, we had to meet at the former Tauranga Electric Power Board boardroom and again in the BNZ building before it was turned into the art gallery.

It was a right bastard at Annual Plan time, having to lug all the books around. There really is nothing new under the sun, councillor Matt Cowley.

J Adams, Mount Maunganui.