They say catastrophes often come in threes. I don't exactly know who they are, but have you ever noticed they have an awful lot to say? Anyway, there's been a lot of catastrophe in the headlines lately, plus some near misses. Our hearts and thoughts... Read More

CEO Stephen Town was instructed by Council resolution to come up with savings out of the administration section of the proposed annual budget of a target $2.5m. Rick Curach said he thought the proposed plan was a 'balanced outcome” then came... Read More

It seems as each day goes by someone somewhere is saying buy property now whilst someone else is saying stay away. So what's the right answer? Well Interest rates have been dropping however a subtle change has appeared in the last week or so, the... Read More

I have only just got over the last hump (from the camel that is) and what do you know? I am in the deepest trouble again. If any of you were confused by my camel rant last week, get down to Wharf Street and you will see this wooden thing Henri, tethered... Read More

The wise ones out there have found the answer to the heat and humidity - jump in the water at regular intervals. Ten thousand zillion fish can't be wrong. However be aware, dear readers of the hazards that lurk beneath. My lovely wife discovered this... Read More

Council finished its initial 10 year plan for consultation last week after eight consecutive days of meetings. You might have thought that a $1.3 billion outline, unsustainable at that, shaping the future of Tauranga would have warranted close attention... Read More

Well, I told you there are strange happenings down here, what with shagging in the park, and now a bald camel outside a local café. I couldn't quite figure out if the camel required one hump or two, so I tried to give it two. The boss had to... Read More

Today, learned readers, we are going back to school. Do you remember the days in the old school yard, we used to laugh a lot? Someone should write a song about it. And if you are lucky enough to be still at school, but by some bizarre quirk of the... Read More

The 10 year plan consideration for draft proposal meetings held over the past couple of weeks have been a challenge and an interesting experience. Media were only attending in the mornings, staff were thrown off balance by a new council attitude and... Read More

I have been on holiday the past week and have a couple of tales to tell. Yikes, it's the taniwha! The first one involves my old mate 'Freddy the Flounder” who I... Read More

Driving to work and finding a park in town has been so easy over the summer break. I guess it will all come to a grinding, gridlocked halt when school goes back and the Western Bay's traffic frustrations get back to their snarliest, gnarliest worst. It's... Read More

Welcome back to Faulkner's Corner and no doubt another year of Council fun, frolics and muck ups. Council started the year with eight scheduled full day meetings on the 10 year plan draft deliberations. We've had a pile of information to scrutinise... Read More