The decision to defer Tauranga City Council Local Body Elections until 2024 is Communistic, dictatorial and potentially illegal. The democratic rights of the local... Read More

It was a conflict of interest for Minister Mahuta to decide on council commissioners versus democracy and she should have removed herself from that process. She... Read More

The last two weeks we have seen no pickups for recycling and the radio has announced the council apologises but we cannot see an end in sight. Great. We get penalised... Read More

I want the Tauranga Council elections reinstated in time for the next council elections. Local people should be involved in local politics and this Labour Goverment... Read More

I note that some of the supporters of Minister Nanaia Mahuta's decision to further suspend Tauranga's democracy have remarked that her decision was based on ‘feedback'... Read More

Some controversial topics are unclear, and are hard for society. For example, Crimea wanted to join Russia, but Ukraine as a whole did not want it to leave. Should... Read More

Within the past 45 years Tauranga City has constructed an architecturally-designed library, additional civic administration building with new council chambers added... Read More

Elected representatives must remember they are servants of those who elected them. It is totally inappropriate for a bureaucrat or a mayor to make decisions without... Read More

Kia ora Rangatira o Rapiti - Dear Rabbits. As one of the so-called community leaders referred to in the wero-challenge by Steve Morris there are issues that need... Read More

Dear GL Hodgson, You've not offended me, but I think it would be worth your consideration that things like buses aren't a viable option for everybody. For example... Read More

Tauranga's unelected commissioners have asked the Government to delay local elections for another year. Democracy is the cornerstone of the New Zealand Constitution... Read More

I was very disappointed that the Minister for Local Government, Nanaia Mahuta, recently came to Tauranga, to make an announcement on the future of the government... Read More