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In the spirit of Kotahitanga my style of leadership, as your Mayor, is about building unity through open communication, transparency, respect and trust. As often as I can I seek to share what we are working on, the progress we are making for the city and my vision and observations of what we need to address to build a stronger community and city together. You’ll find my latest blogs here.
Tenby Powell
Oct 10, 20191 min read
THIS IS SIMPLY TO SAY THANK YOU - TAURANGA
On 11th May, I announced my Mayoralty bid and started campaigning immediately following. During that five months, I have held some 500...
Tenby Powell
Oct 10, 20191 min read
MENTORING FOR GOOD - MEET DAYNE GEAR
Nurturing and empowering our youth to achieve their full potential is a privilege and one that should be treated with the greatest care....
Tenby Powell
Oct 9, 20191 min read
DO NOTHING OR DO EVERYTHING
What is #Tauranga worth to you, your family and your friends? It’s Wednesday. Just another day or a day to make a change? For good! This...
Tenby Powell
Oct 8, 20191 min read
TUESDAY CHALLENGE
Have you voted? If the answer is yes, thank you! But that wasn’t the challenge. The challenge is – can you find 5 people who haven’t...
Tenby Powell
Oct 8, 20191 min read
DIVERSITY WILL BRING US TOGETHER
There are only five more days to vote and with that comes the opportunity to elect a more representative council. Diversity is very...
Tenby Powell
Oct 3, 20191 min read
DO YOU CARE ENOUGH ABOUT TAURANGA TO VOTE?
I’m thinking you do! Then please help us mobilise more people to do exactly that - VOTE! Right now, based on voter papers received at...
Tenby Powell
Oct 2, 20192 min read
LET THE JUDGEMENT OF OTHERS INFORM YOUR VOTE
Campaigning to be the Mayor of Tauranga, New Zealand's fifth largest city, is effectively an application for the top job in council. We...
Tenby Powell
Oct 1, 20193 min read
THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED DAYS
I am often asked what I hope to achieve in my first 100 days if I am elected Mayor of Tauranga. There's a myriad of issues to sort out,...
Tenby Powell
Oct 1, 20192 min read
IT’S TIME TO BUST A FEW MYTHS
IT’S TIME TO BUST A FEW MYTHS There's been a few myths circulating about me and, given that I am genuine in my desire to be your next...
Tenby Powell
Sep 30, 20192 min read
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
Pausing to say thanks is one of the most important things we can all do, no matter how busy we are. So, I wanted to do just that today,...
Tenby Powell
Sep 30, 20191 min read
GROWING UP IN TAURANGA
During the election campaign, I’ve reflected on the #Tauranga in which I grew up compared to Tauranga today. I hope you enjoy the short...
Tenby Powell
Sep 27, 20191 min read
THE JOB OF MAYOR IS A SERIOUS ONE - AND IT STARTS WITH A BOLD VISION
As I’ve said in many of speeches, I intend to take the job of Mayor of Tauranga City as a serious one. It involves your money, your...
Tenby Powell
Sep 26, 20191 min read
BEING A PASSIONATE LOCAL
Many people have asked me why I’m running for Mayor. The answer is simple. I’m hard wired to make a positive difference. It has driven...
Tenby Powell
Sep 25, 20191 min read
CREATING A COHESIVE CITY COUNCIL
Over the past three years we have seen a council divided. As a consequence we are a city divided. The abject lack of leadership our city...
Tenby Powell
Sep 25, 20191 min read
Why I’m running for Mayor?
GOOD MORNING #TAURANGA - HAPPY WEDNESDAY Many people have asked me why I’m running for Mayor? The answer is, I’m hard wired to do this. I...
Tenby Powell
Sep 25, 20191 min read
A CULTURE OF RESPECT
As your Mayor, I will work with the Chief Executive to change and develop the culture of the Tauranga City Council. Please watch this...
Tenby Powell
Sep 24, 20191 min read
GREATER REGIONAL COOPERATION
I’m very pleased to see this sensible and pragmatic decision and I look forward to developing a stronger relationship with the BOP...
Tenby Powell
Sep 24, 20191 min read
TAURANGA DESERVES BETTER LEADERSHIP
Please VOTE 1 for TENBY POWELL #tenbyfortauranga #votetenby #tenbyformayor #pickpowell
Tenby Powell
Sep 24, 20191 min read
VOTING PAPERS
GOOD MORNING TAURANGA! Many will have received your voting papers in the post. Others will get their’s today. I encourage you to Vote &...
Tenby Powell
Sep 22, 20192 min read
DON’T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT . . . No:4
Through my experience in the private sector I have gained a strong ability to develop high performing teams. Don’t just take my word for...
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