Catherine Stewart Tauranga City Councillor

This week I attended a Rules Reduction Taskforce meeting at the Historic Village.

The meeting was attended by around 80 people including MP Hon Simon Bridges, MP Todd Muller, and Taskforce members Mark Thomas and Philippa Murdoch.

Eight speakers, including myself, gave their feedback to the Taskforce members.

I was speaking on my own behalf and gave feedback based on my experiences dealing with people in the community on different matters from Smartgrowth to trees.

Some of the submitters were developers who raised concerns regarding their own experiences dealing with Council, rules and regulations – both Local Government and Central Government.

The Taskforce are now calling for written submissions.

Often making submissions can be a challenging, lengthy process. Top marks to Central Government and the people who designed a user-friendly submission form, which can be found at https://www.govt.nz/browse/housing-and-property/rules-reduction-submissions/

Have your say!

Submissions close June 1, 2015.