Tauranga resident John Cronin is returned as the Bay of Plenty Regional Council chairman after the council's first meeting in Whakatane.
John Cronin.
Philip Sherry was re-elected as deputy chairman.
The council has three new councillors – Douglas Owens and Paula Thompson representing Tauranga, and Lyall Thurston representing Rotorua. The 10 other councillors were returned for another term in the local government elections on October 9.



2 comments
Regional Council Chair
Posted on 22-10-2010 11:49 | By tia
Well done John. Like Mayor Crosby, you have the mandate to press ahead with your intiatives
For Goodness sake
Posted on 22-10-2010 16:13 | By Tony
Its a bloody council not a 1 man band, Enuf with the " your intiatives". By the way.Why are EBOP knocking down the Beach Street Building ????anyone wanta guess what its is to be ??
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