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A two-billion dollar plan to transform Tauranga's central city into a busy, vibrant hub where people want to live, work, shop and play has been signed off by the city's four commissioners.
The revitalisation project envisages the creation of eight different precincts in the CBD, along with new apartments and commercial buildings. Funding is coming from council, central government and commercial interests.
But should a core project using ratepayer funding and decisions over the long-term future of the city be driven by council commissioners rather than elected representatives?
Kathryn speaks with Council's commission chair Anne Tolley, and President of the Mt Residents and Ratepayers Association and Tauranga Ratepayers Alliance spokesperson Michael O'Neill
An artist’s impression of the waterfront Taumata Kahawai transformation. Photo: Supplied / TCC