Q+A with Tauranga City Council commission chairwoman Anne Tolley
15 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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Retired? Not quite. Anne Tolley is the chairwoman of the Tauranga City Council commission. Photo / George Novak
Retired? Not quite. Anne Tolley is the chairwoman of the Tauranga City Council commission. Photo / George Novak
There s a new head honcho at Tauranga City Council. A former East Coast MP of almost 20 years and two-term deputy mayor of Napier City Council, Anne Tolley has been appointed by the Government to lead a commission that has replaced the elected mayor and councillors.
The other commissioners are Bill Wasley, Shadrach Rolleston and Stephen Selwood.
Commission for Tauranga City Council welcomed in pōwhiri
11 Feb, 2021 10:20 PM
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Commissioners Shadrach Rolleston, Bill Wasley, Anne Tolley and Stephen Selwood at Hairini Marae. Photo / Supplied
The four commissioners appointed to lead Tauranga City Council last week were welcomed to their roles in a pōwhiri yesterday.
The commission - chairwoman Anne Tolley and fellow commissioners Bill Wasley, Stephen Selwood and Shadrach Rolleston - took up their roles on Tuesday having been appointed by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta.
Tolley said the commissioners gathered for the first time as a group on Thursday morning. We were then welcomed to our new roles by tangata whenua at a pōwhiri hosted by Hairini Marae.
Tauranga City Council byelections officially cancelled
10 Feb, 2021 10:51 PM
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Tauranga City Council meeting last December. Photo / File
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The byelections for three positions on Tauranga City Council have officially been cancelled following last week s appointment of commissioners to replace the council s elected members.
Former mayor Tenby Powell, Jako Abrie and Heidi Hughes resigned from their positions on the council last year, triggering the byelections.
Electoral Officer Warwick Lampp said the publication of an official gazette notice confirming the appointment of the commission effectively cancelled the planned by-election process for Tauranga City Council Mayor, At Large Councillor and Otumoetai-Pyes Pa Councillor.