Month: August 2025
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Waxeyes On A Sugar High
All parents know the effect of too much sugar on small children. Well, waxeyes are no different. Look at them go. Sugar high here we come. My tuis like to muscle in as well. Watch the waxeye get out of the way. There is a definite garden hierarchy amongst the birds. Tuis have amazing long…
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Parliamentary Submission
I have just sent in my submission On The Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill Committee SecretariatGovernance and Administration CommitteeParliament BuildingsWellington Phone:04 817 9520ga.legislation@parliament.govt.nz This submission is from Dr Tim Maltby The Submission I support the intent of this bill which is to reduce pressure on council rates by: I would like to make the…
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BOP Shellfish Ban
A warning for paralytic shellfish poisoning was put in place on the 13th of August 2025. Paralytic shellfish toxins have been detected in shellfish at levels over the safe limit set by New Zealand Food Safety. The warning extends from Whakatane to Mount Maunganui. Nature loves to recycle everything, including waste. In fact our waste…
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Rates Rally 26th Of June
Jan Gyenge (pronounced Jen Ga) organised a rates rally at 8.00am Thursday 26th of June, outside the Tauranga City Council building. The council was due to meet at 9.30am to vote on the annual plan for 2025-26, which includes a 9.9% rates increase. Most people in Tauranga can not afford a 9.9% rates increase. Around…
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Trojan Horses
The election candidates are plied by various groups, mostly by groups with an agenda. One of the latest to arrive in my inbox is a survey by the Free Speech Union. Sounds great doesn’t it. Who could be against free speech, right? But as usual, there is a not so noble agenda behind the free…