| HAVE YOUR SAY... YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT |
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Tauranga Youth Development Team are holding an afternoon tea at Historic Village to enable young people to have a voice. Join them, share your ideas and meet other young people.
Wednesday 14 September 4pm-5.30pm.
RSVP to Becks on 027 333 6963 or email youthtydt@hotmail.com. |
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THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY - SHORT FILM CHALLENGE
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TVNZ presents The Outlook for Someday - The Sustainability Film challenge for Young People.
Make a short film, on any camera you like, any genre you like, any length up to 5 minutes, anyone up to the age of 24 can enter.
More info and entry form can be found here. |
| GENERAL ELECTIONS - YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE |
Are you 18 or over? This year you've got the chance to vote in the 2011 General Election on Saturday 26 November, when you get to vote for a local politician to represent you in Parliament, and for the political party you want to lead the country.
You also get to vote in the Referendum taking place at the same time as the General Election.
Hit the button opposite to find out more! |
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Coming to a school near you |
Over the next few weeks, Tauranga City Council will be joining forces with BOP FM to visit secondary schools throughout the city.
We will be taking over your lunch hour with free food, prizes and fun - and you’ll even learn some stuff along the way!
Stay tuned to BOP FM and citystuff.co.nz to find out when we are visiting your school!
Click here to check out photos from our visits so far! |
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CITYSTUFF.CO.NZ |
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Tauranga City Council is marking youth week by launching this very website! citystuff.co.nz is all about young people in Tauranga and is your opportunity to say stuff, ask stuff, find out stuff and WIN stuff! |
This website has all sorts of information about your city - Tauranga:
- Tauranga stats and info
- Find out what council is and how it all works
- Find out who your Mayor and Councillors are and ask them a question or two
- Sign up to our newsletters and be in to win monthly prizes!
- See what jobs are going at Council
- Plus heaps more!
And to celebrate our launch, take part in the online survival competition and be in to win an apple ipod or retro polaroid camera! All you have to do is click on the 'competition' button on the home page, play the game and be in to win!
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YOUTH VS. COUNCILLOR quiz night |
Check out the info below to find out how young people are stepping up to have their say against the city's councillors - quiz style! Young versus Old - who will win?
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The Youth Week quiz was held on Monday 23 May with over 40 people taking part from the city’s secondary schools, Bay Young Professionals, Merivale Community Centre, TCC ‘youth’ staff and TCC Councillors.
After seven gruelling rounds the first prize was awarded to the Merivale Community Centre’s Southern Pipelines team who took out both bonus rounds and won by a staggering ten point lead.
Thanks to everyone involved.
PS - the TCC councillors City Slickers team went home in a comfortable fifth place - with extra points being rewarded for their team rendition of Engelbert Humperdinck’s classic NZ song Ten Guitars. |
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ANNUAL PLAN 2011-2012 |
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The Annual Plan is Council's budget for the next year (July 2011 through to June 2012). It includes all of the projects and activities that Council is going to be working on and how much everything is going to cost.
People have had their say on the draft version of the Annual Plan and Councillors have discussed all of the submissions made by the public.
You can view the Annual Plan here or get a hardcopy from Greerton, Mount, Papamoa or Tauranga Library, or the Customer Service Centre at Willow Street.. |
TECT ARENA AT BAYPARK |
What is it?...
- It is a new nine court (six court + three court spaces) indoor centre situated beside the outdoor stadium at Baypark
- It will cater primarily for community sports – then exhibitions and other functions such as awards/corporate events (the centre includes a stage area, seating for 3000 people, meeting rooms, kitchen and other amenities)
- It will replace an older, less fit-for-purpose facility at the Mount Action Centre
What will the new facility do?...
- It will become a hub for community sport, entertainment and youth events- supporting the greater western
Bay of Plenty
- It will allow the sub-region to meet the demand for community sport
- It will cater for existing, and potentially attract new, forms of entertainment to the region
Click here for more information on the Sports Centre
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TECT All Terrain Park |
This park is currently being developed. The park is to be opened up over the next 5-20 years and will cater for all sorts of activities including:
- Mountain biking
- Archery
- 4x4, trial and trail bikes
- Firearm sports
- Motorcross and quad bikes
- Car rallying
- Equestrian
- Tramping and orienteering
The Park is situated off State Highway 36 (the main road between Tauranga and Rotorua which runs through Pyes Pa) – 29kms from Tauranga.
This project is a Western Bay of Plenty District Project that includes funding from Tauranga City Council but no matter where you live, it will definitely be worth the drive!
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