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We talk to anyone involved in local politics in our area including community board members, Councillors and even sometimes the Mayor. We also catch up with our resident politics guy John "Awesome" Lawson.
Unknown Host hosts Raglan Politics, a news show with 271 episodes published.
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 gover
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 counci
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 f
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 f
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 whethe
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 Ba
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 awa
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 plan
What are we going to tell our council to do with the government's council merger program? Tony Mayow, former Council Manager and Community Development Activist, is back in the studio to help us figure out what a good cou
Lisa joins us ahead of the Strengthening Our Voice In Local Government event this Sunday at 2pm in the Town Hall. We talk about the options facing our community and how the governments merger process will work, what the
Mayor Aksel joins us in the midst of a hurried tour around the district talking to communities about what they want out of the council merger plans. We find out the latest thinking from the region's Mayors as well as the
Penny Hulse is the former Deputy Mayor of Waitakere City and the Auckland Super City. She was also a panel member on the 2023 Review Into The Future Of Local Government report. She will speaking at a public meeting in th
Noel Smith our local councillor for the Waikato Regional Council joins us to talk about the nationwide council shakeup and what it means for the work they do at the Regional Council.
WEL Energy Trust Election, Stormwater issues, overcrowded buses, a brief history of local body politics in Whaingaroa.
We talk to Ross about the council merger process and what the Community Board perspective is on the big changes coming our way.
Ross talks to us about the local boards plans for the community, what it's like working with the council beauracracy, we also look back at the WSL, discuss the proposed church on Wi Nera St and find out how the process o
The Government wants to reduce the number of councils in New Zealand so we've got Tony Mayow in the studio to reflect on his experience with the Auckland Super City merger. Tony spent much of his career trying to make co
We also discuss the Community Board Meeting and community swimming pool .
John Lawson joins us to have a look at Wednesday's Raglan Community Board meeting and the issues they'll be discussing.
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