Hi The Sun. The concept of community representation on our council is to provide a viewpoint that reflects 'the community”. I am unhappy at the removal of... Read More

I'm horrified that this Ardern/Mahuta-led government consider they have the right to force Tauranga citizens/ratepayers to accept their extension of Commissioners... Read More

Why does the Minister Mahuta assume that Tauranga voters are incapable of choosing new councillors that can govern our city well? L Brewerton, Bethlehem. ... Read More

Would the commissioners be as prepared to do this job if there was no pay or if the pay was the living wage or minimum wage? Projects to be funded by rates and... Read More

To have government-imposed management of a local body is outrageous in a modern Western society. The people of any community should be able to elect their preferred... Read More

Thank goodness Minister Mahuta can't stop the folks in Tauranga from electing a new Member of Parliament, unlike what she has done with her five-year plan for Tauranga. J... Read More

Tauranga's unelected Commissioners have asked the Government to delay local elections for another year. This is a democratic outrage. Already, New Zealanders have... Read More

I have lived in Tauranga now for nine years and love this city. I think it's about time we were given our right to choose our own council back. The council election,... Read More

Many of us do not care how the supposedly great and preferred job being done by the ‘Committee' but it is not democratic. We want a democratically elected... Read More

Re: ‘New Options for Tauranga Residents' on page 10, The Weekend Sun, February 11. Great. I get to ditch the Tauranga City Council bins and the huge cost... Read More

Sometimes it is hard to see, that every human ancestor came down from the same tree. All our forebears lived on the same plot of African land Living happily together... Read More

Who at the Tauranga City Council ordered the removal of our beloved Oak tree from the roundabout on Cameron Rd and Ninth Ave? Is it council policy that Tauranga... Read More