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SmartGrowth releases Tauranga housing plan The plan details the steps needed to deliver more affordable, warm, and dry homes across the region. '); } else { // } SmartGrowth’s Leadership Group has today met with Ministers Woods, and Mahuta to approve a new district-wide housing plan for Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty. The Housing Action Plan details the steps needed to deliver more affordable, warm, and dry homes in the right places across the Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty region. The Action Plan will be used to inform the SmartGrowth Joint Spatial P...

Damian George19:10, May 28 2021 Wellington City Council Wellington Mayor Andy Foster called for an independent review into the council's governance in February. The independent review that found significant problems with Wellington City Council’s governance cost ratepayers almost $92,000. Figures obtained under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act show the review, which made 13 recommendations for the council to improve its governance, cost $91,992. The review was called for by Mayor Andy Foster in February, following months of what he called “rancour and partisans...

Revealed: Email from ousted Tauranga councillor warns Wellington council of 'serious natural justice concerns' 13 May, 2021 06:37 PM 5 minutes to read Tauranga City councillor Steve Morris warned Wellington City Council elected members of his concerns regarding a review into the city's governance. Photo / File Tauranga City councillor Steve Morris warned Wellington City Council elected members of his concerns regarding a review into the city's governance. Photo / File The official who led the independent review into Tauranga's council has been criticised by an ousted councillor in a warning...

Wellington’s fractured city council will take its first official steps on Thursday to fix ongoing dysfunction that some councillors say has become worse despite a recent review.

Monique Ford/Stuff Wellington City Council councillor Simon Woolf says things have gone from bad to worse at the council since an independent review was completed. (File photo) The dysfunction in the Wellington City Council has gone from bad to worse, multiple councillors say, since the release last month of an independent report that was meant to chart a constructive path forward for the capital’s local authority. The independent report, by former Local Government New Zealand chief executive Peter Winder, recommended sweeping reforms to encourage “collaboration not division” so the co...