Congratulations must be recorded twice to Roger Rabbits. Firstly, for his March 18 valid and appropriate comments on Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta's dictatorial... Read More

I am 86 years young, wear a hearing aid and are despairing of the people of Tauranga. We need to mount a campaign with a written petition to get our democractic... Read More

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