A quick guide to council overspending

The biggest complaint I hear about our council is that rates are too high, and the services we get does not match the gold-plated bill. A...

3 days ago

Vote for Real Change in the Western Bay

Our Council faces substantial change over the next three years. With the right mayor it will emerge streamlined and focused on the needs...

Sep 10

A suggestion that the council sell its HQ at Barkes Corner has come up during the current election campaign, with the idea that it could...

21 hours ago

Too right! I do support the planned high school for Omokoroa. We need it to reboot housing growth in the area. Here is a link to my...

6 days ago

I still love the feel of newsprint. In the 1990s, I started up and ran two community newspapers and successfully took on the big guns. ...

Sep 13

This week we had the first mayoral candidates meeting of the Western Bay council elections, which I attended along with most mayoral...

Aug 29

Here are the core reasons I am standing for mayor and councillor. I've distilled it into 150 words (the max) for my official election...

Aug 28

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1 Aug - Candidate nominations close

9 Sept - Voting papers mailed out

11 Oct @12 noon - Voting closes

11 Oct - Preliminary results released

14-17 Oct - Final results released

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