Mr Peters, who was here on the same day, has pledged to come to the rescue of city motorists for a second time if New Zealand First joined negotiations to form a new government.
The party has made Route K a big election issue and is hoping to get local MPs into Parliament off the party vote. Mr Peters and local candidate Clayton Mitchell are promising to get the debt off the city council's books and to get rid of the tolls.
I'm sure this isn't the first election promise that will come our way.
The brave
What would you do if you came home to find an intruder going through your belongings? I don't think I would know what to do or how to react.
However, Tauranga man Stan Nabbs was able to call police and chase the intruder down the road - keeping an eye on where he was going.
Mr Nabbs knew something was wrong as soon as he turned into the right-of-way leading to his central Tauranga home. He saw a man pushing bags out of a smashed window. When the intruder spotted Mr Nabbs, he ran off, with Mr Nabbs in tow.
Police arrived pretty quickly and were able to pick up the chase from Mr Nabbs.
He praised the quick-acting police, but in reality Mr Nabbs was the one who thought on his feet. He saw something was wrong, but kept his cool and did what he was instructed to by police.
I've been the victim of a burglary and I know how people feel violated after a stranger has been going through their things.
The situation would not be an easy one to deal with. Well done Mr Nabbs. Your quick thinking is admirable.
The generous
We started off the week with police warning about a spate of car thefts from public places including petrol stations, golf clubs and boat ramps.
Police were warning people not to leave their keys in their cars as offenders were driving off with someone else's car.
Tauranga's Christine Headey was one of those victims. Not only was her car stolen from BP Summit on Waihi Rd, her daughter's windsurfing kit was in the car when it was taken.
Mrs Headey's daughter Coral is due to compete in the Youth Olympic Games next week but she had to find a replacement for her $3000 windsurfing kit.
After her story featured in the media the owner of the petrol station where her gear was stolen from, came forward and offered to contribute $3000 to pay for a new windsurfing kit.
The owner of the BP didn't have to cough up the money to help Coral but it's great that he did.
The Tauranga teen had worked tirelessly to be able to compete in the Youth Olympics and if her dream had been shattered the hard work would have all been for nothing.
The cute
When I was a child new toys were few and far between.
I was the youngest of four children, so if toys and books weren't broken, they were handed down to me. I would have been so envious of someone whose job it was to test toys.
Tauranga's Chaz Stensness, 6, is that child who is going to be envied by all his classmates.
He has landed a job as a toy tester for The Warehouse. To enter the nationwide competition, Chaz had to send in a video explaining why he would be good for the job. He is one of four children nationwide to be picked as the winners. As part of his job he will get up to $200 worth of new toys sent to his house every month for testing plus $8000 cash. He gets to keep all the toys he tests.
What kid wouldn't love this job? I bet Chaz's house will become a popular place for playdates.
