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Commissioner on Tauranga's crisis point - 'It's worse than I thought' 8 Mar, 2021 06:12 PM 4 minutes to read Commission Chair wants two cracks at long-term plan. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Tauranga City Council commissioner chairwoman Anne Tolley thought she was prepared to deal with the city's issues but has since revealed, "it's worse than I thought". Tolley was joined by fellow commissioners Bill Wasley, Shadrach Rolleston and Stephen Selwood in the council's second formal meeting for the year yesterday. As part of the meeting, the commissioners and staff held a pu...

Tauranga leaders react after commission led by Anne Tolley appointed 3 Feb, 2021 06:00 PM 5 minutes to read Tauranga's newly appointed city commissioners are highly skilled people who bring a diverse experience to a diverse city, says acting mayor Tina Salisbury. But the move to replace the city's councillors has one former councillor wondering when democracy will return. The four-person commission was appointed by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta on Tuesday. Former long-serving East Coast MP Anne Tolley, 67, will chair the commission that replaces Tauranga's City cou...

'I'm moving on': Why Heidi Hughes quit Tauranga City Council 22 Dec, 2020 05:00 AM 4 minutes to read A third Tauranga City Council elected representative has resigned in as many months, with the aim of avoiding a "fiasco" byelection before a commission is installed next year. Following Heidi Hughes' resignation today, the byelection has been postponed until next year, but was expected to be cancelled by the appointment of commissioners before the nomination period ended. Hughes told the Bay of Plenty Times the main reason she resigned was to avoid a messy and confusing byele...

Byelection postponed after Tauranga councillor Heidi Hughes quits in 'selfless' move 21 Dec, 2020 10:17 PM 2 minutes to read Tauranga City councillor Heidi Hughes has resigned in the hope of avoiding an expensive byelection that was set to run even with a commission due to replace the council in the new year. Acting Tauranga mayor Tina Salisbury said Hughes had resigned this morning, effective immediately. Salisbury said Hughes' decision was "selfless". The decision followed advice that another resignation was the only way to delay the in-progress byelection, apart from all nominated candidat...

Tauranga by-election: Councillors plan to stand for mayor as another considers quitting 21 Dec, 2020 06:00 PM 5 minutes to read Uncertainty clouds the Tauranga by-election with two councillors indicating mayoral runs and a third considering resigning - an act that could delay the by-election. This follows Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta's confirmation on Friday she would appoint a commission to Tauranga City Council in the new year, which would see the nine elected members replaced with an unknown number of Government-appointed commissioners. Mahuta said the commissi...