A two week road show put on by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council to reach out to people in the community wrapped up in July and is now being shared.
The 'Portraits of Our Place' road show was a new venture and it had been successful in reaching out to people who normally would not encounter the council, Western Bay Mayor Ross Paterson said.
Councillors and staff from the council took a brightly painted 1960s Bedford school bus around 17 destinations in the district during the last two weeks of July.
Twenty-three staff, 12 councillors and 10 community board members hit the road - travelling nearly 1,000kms and chatting with more than 1500 people.