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'Gutted': Tauranga city councillors react after learning they will be fired 18 Dec, 2020 06:00 PM 8 minutes to read Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta. Photo / File Some Tauranga councillors are "disappointed" and "gutted" after learning a week before Christmas they will lose their jobs in the new year. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has confirmed she will appoint a commission to the council in February, effectively replacing the governing team. "I am mindful that this has been a stressful period for council staff and local ratepayers who are looking for cer...

“None of us voted ‘independent’ in the recent general election.” The success of former deputy mayor Tangi Utikere in winning the Palmerston North parliamentary seat for Labour and his resignation from the council had sparked the need for a councillor by-election. Asquith said he would be recycling the same election signs he used last time, because he could not afford to buy new ones each time he contested an election. He said his chosen label was fine with the electoral officer Warwick Lampp of Electionz.com, so was fine with him. He was surprised the Labour Party would not be en...