Confirmed: The Lakes residents to go ahead with ratepayers group
26 Feb, 2021 02:20 AM
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Residents at The Lakes have decided to go ahead with their own ratepayers advocacy group. Photo / File
Residents at The Lakes have decided to go ahead with their own ratepayers advocacy group. Photo / File
Tauranga is set to have another ratepayers advocacy group after residents of The Lakes decided they want to present a unified voice on the big issues facing the city.
Retiree Tony Gavin organised a public meeting last night, in a bid to find out what the key issues were for the community and whether it wanted a collective body to represent residents in discussions with the council s new commissioner team.
Zizi Sparks: The more ratepayer groups the better
25 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM
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OPINION
This week people living in The Lakes suburb of Tauranga met to discuss whether setting up a ratepayers group to represent residents was needed and wanted. It s nice to see local ratepayers taking charge of their own representation.
There are already several ratepayer groups in the city including Grace Rd and Avenues Neighbourhood Residents Association, Tauranga Ratepayers Action Network, Te Papa Residents Groups, Greerton Ratepayers Alliance, Mount Maunganui Residents and Ratepayers Association, Papamoa Residents and Ratepayers Association and Matua Residents Association.
Adding a Lakes group would bring the list to eight groups representing a population of about 151,300 according to Statistics NZ 2020 projections for Tauranga.