In the rearranged seats were commissioners Stephen Selwood, Shadrach Rolleston and Bill Wasley. The meeting coincided with the 10-year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquakes with Tolley paying respect to the dead. Business was conducted quickly, aided by not being bogged down in personal point-scoring, anecdotes or getting lost in minutiae. Those issues that arose with elected members. The main purpose was to receive an executive, ask questions of the administration and set a timeline for completion of the long term plan for 2021 to 2031. It was Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta’s lack of faith in councillors to deliver a “robust and comprehensive” long term plan that led to her appointing commissioners to replace councillors.
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Letters to the editor: Radicalised woman is Aussie s problem
19 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM
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A reader agrees that the woman radicalised by Isis should go back to Australia. Photo / File
A reader agrees that the woman radicalised by Isis should go back to Australia. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
I can t recall anything this Government has done that s right, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern s stance on Australian deportees is correct. If children go to Australia with parents on their passport or a child s passport (up to 16) and are raised, educated and permanently reside in Australia, then Australia must keep them.
Q+A with Tauranga City Council commission chairwoman Anne Tolley
15 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
7 minutes to read
Retired? Not quite. Anne Tolley is the chairwoman of the Tauranga City Council commission. Photo / George Novak
Retired? Not quite. Anne Tolley is the chairwoman of the Tauranga City Council commission. Photo / George Novak
There s a new head honcho at Tauranga City Council. A former East Coast MP of almost 20 years and two-term deputy mayor of Napier City Council, Anne Tolley has been appointed by the Government to lead a commission that has replaced the elected mayor and councillors.
The other commissioners are Bill Wasley, Shadrach Rolleston and Stephen Selwood.