TECT – Election candidates galore!
Nineteen candidates stood for election to replace three of the Trust’s six trustees who are retiring by rotation from the Tauranga Energy Consumers Trust.
The...
Paul: Part of our whānau
We have known Paul Ensor for over two decades now. Treated with great respect and a mentor over the years. He is whanau.
A flight...
Towers and Lines Over Our Harbour
Our dispute with Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council with regard to their issuing of a Resource Consent to Transpower to erect super poles at either side of the Maungatapu bridge and sling 100,000 volt lines across the harbour at this location continues.
Mayoral mentoring reaping rewards for Cale
Cale Borell, a rangatahi from Te Puna, is more determined than ever to achieve great things having begun a mentoring and leadership programme with...
Get to know your rights
How can you win if you lose?
It’s just over a year since our frosty early morning blockade of our Right of Way - a...
When One’s Salary Depends on Misunderstanding
Bureaucrats are the same all over this planet. You can tell them at any hui. The surface style of the bureaucrat may...
PO Boxes for Welcome Bay
Welcome Bay Books is pleased to announce to Bay Waka readers, the approval by NZ Post to install 30 new Post Boxes outside their...
Get to know your rights
It’s just over a year since our frosty early morning blockade of our Right of Way - a last-ditch attempt to get Council’s attention...
More Flooding! Would You Like a Tsunami With That?
Many ratepayers
received notice from
Tauranga City Council four
months ago that their
properties had changed
and were now considered
more likely to suffer the
consequences of a once in
100-year rainfall event. This
set off a trail of diminished
valuations, insurance policy
exclusions and concern.