Raglan Politics

We talk about the Raglan Community Board meeting, Wainui Reserve, Council funds, the Long Term Plan, and a quick look at the bus situation.

With the rates cap coming into force the community board is wanting to know which council services are most important to local ratepayers.

Lisa Thomson joins us to talk about plans to cut council spending and what this means for the the services we get. We also talk about the WSL, the Voice & Choice committee and next week's Community Board meeting

John Lawson joins us in the studio as we look at council spending (and costs cutting) plans. Plus John has the announcement of a Green Party candidate from Whaingaroa.

The government's rushed council merger process appears to have pitted council's against each other with Taupo vehemently opposed to a plan developed by Waikato District to combine the five river councils into a single...

Not much is happening at the District Council so John Lawson has been checking out the Regional Council staff's attempts to educate their Councillors about climate change. We also look at transport issues and whether...

John's back on the Morning Show to look at local council issues, plus we accidentally start looking at a bit of national politics and then run out of things to talk about because councils are so busy working on the...

Following the Community Board meeting on Wednesday we talk to Chairperson Ross Wallis about: The new cell phone tower, Te Uku Subdivision, WSL feedback, discretionary fund grants, constant staffing turnover within...

With just a few days left for councils to decide who they're going to merge with we talk to Waikato Mayor Aksel Bech about who's in who's out of his plan for a Western Waikato Council. We also discuss a solution to the...

There's not much happening at council aside from the focus on the governmandated merges so we get a good look at that before talking about speed limit changes in Whatawhata and well that's about it

Council is still doing it's normal business, including Mayoral Awards, road closures, planning for the long term spending plan and figuring out details like how much we charge Maui Dolphin Day organisers to use Papahua...

Waikato District Council is settling on a merger plan that includes the councils in the west of our region that form the Waikato River Catchment. Lisa Thomson joins us in the studio to talk about this decision and...

With restructures going on both inside council and outside with the council mergers, our Community Board Chairperson is struggling to get work done but there has been movement on the new cell phone tower problem, Manu...

Councillor Mike Keir joins us to look at how cutting rates could negatively impact our roads. He talks about the new roading contract at council, how often roads should receive maintenance and whether council can get...

John Lawson joins us to talk about problems with the way buses were planned for Raglan plus we look in at the council merger process and cuts that are being planned for council services in the new long term spending...