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Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Stephen Selwood 'Tauranga has suffered'
Former Infrastructure NZ boss on being a commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'It's fairly catastrophic': $3 million business now worth 'basically nothing'
"That's my retirement plan down the gurgler."
Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Shadrach Rolleston seeks to address lack of investment
Tauranga local discusses why he's a commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Tauranga businesses warned: Time to pay fair share of rates
The Tauranga community has 'borne the costs of growth unfairly', commissioner Tolley says.
Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Bill Wasley's 'commitment to implementation'
Former council chief and planner is a city commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Commissioner on Tauranga's crisis point - 'It's worse than I thought'
City commissioners grapple with the reality they are tasked with fixing.
City in 'crisis': Commissioners warned of 5000-house deficit in next decade
"We are behind, there are no two ways about it."
Former Tauranga mayor's plea to commissioners: Merge councils to pay for infrastructure
But the call has met resistance from regional leaders who say it's 'premature'.
'Utterly offensive': Seymour taken to task on apartheid comparison
Act's David Seymour compared the new Māori ward legislation to apartheid in South Africa.
Green light for new ratepayers group: 'So we can have a voice'
The Lakes residents will now have a unified voice.
Locals want 'frustrating' visitors to closed Ōmanawa Falls trespassed
Dozens of people are continuing to enter Omanawa Falls park despite the danger.
'We're not here to rubber-stamp': Commissioner lays down law
Long Term Plan decision is made by city council
State of arts in Tauranga: New directors and new roles see the sector change
Tauranga City Council has created a new role to support arts and culture in the city.
'Fed up': More Bella Vista costs revealed as ratepayers' bill continues to climb
The Bella Vista fallout continues to cost ratepayers with more costs expected.
'There are hard decisions to make': Q+A with commission chairwoman Anne Tolley
Anne Tolley on how only the fourth council commission in New Zealand history will work.
First images of $400m plasterboard facility as build begins
As developable land in Tauriko runs out, the need for a new highway connection grows.
Tauranga commission welcomed in pōwhiri
Commissioners for Tauranga City Council have been welcomed to their roles by iwi.
16 years on: Tsunami alert sirens still two years away
Tsunami alert sirens have been debated in Tauranga since 2005.
Transfer of power at Tauranga City Council complete: What happens now?
What about the by-election? Will they hold meetings? Who pays them?
Tauranga commissioners' fees may be double standard rate
And, it's a part-time gig.
Leaders react after city commissioners appointed
The commissioners will begin their term on Tuesday, February 9.
Tauranga, meet your new commissioners
Terms of reference reveal minister's expectations for commissioners.
Downgraded: Embattled council's credit rating takes a hit
'Tauranga City Council's financial management has weakened, in our view.'
Don Brash to speak against Māori wards in Tauranga
"A lot of people are unhappy. We were asked to speak at a meeting about the issue."
Opinions on Tauranga City Council governance still divided
Nanaia Mahuta is considering a list of potential commissioners to replace councillors.
Omanawa Falls 'never been open to public'. Yet people keep coming
Omanawa Falls has never been open to the public, the council says.
Tauranga council: Govt papers reveal possible five-year intervention
And substantial property rates increases could be on the cards for the next few years.
'I'm moving on': Why Hughes quit Tauranga council
'It was going to be such a fiasco of a byelection.'
Councillors plan to stand for mayor as another considers quitting
"We need to take a good look at all the pieces that created this situation."
'Gutted': City councillors react after learning they will be fired
The decision to appoint a commission was announced on Friday but opinions are divided.
'The nuclear option': Minister confirms commission for Tauranga City Council
The decision comes two weeks after the minister's initial announcement.
Avoiding 'disaster': Many plans made, but can Smartgrowth partnership deliver?
That's the question the partnership's leaders explored in a meeting on Wednesday.
Don't appoint a commission: All bar one councillor signs letter to minister
One councillor did not sign the letter and he won't say why - yet.