Tania Tapsell
Masterton and Rotorua mayors discuss speed limit changes
Drivers in the Wairarapa will save an estimated three minutes driving between Featherston and Masterton now the speed limit is back up to 100 kilometres an hour. Masterton mayor Gary Caffell and… Audio
Air NZ announces further cuts to domestic network
Air New Zealand has announced further cuts to its domestic network, including some flights to Gisborne, Blenheim and Rotorua. Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz and Rotorua Lakes Mayor Tania Tapsell spoke… Audio
Rotorua mayor on hearing to determine future of housing motels
Rotorua's mayor says the city is on its way to being rid of the emergency housing motels as a hearing gets underway on Tuesday to determine the future of seven such motels. Mayor Tania Tapsell spoke… Audio
Police to deploy 500 extra officers
Police have detailed where the planned 500 extra police officers will be deployed, including 160 for Community Beat Teams and 77 to focus on gangs. Rotorua mayor Tania Tapsell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
…Rapid reduction in crime in Rotorua CBD
Rotorua's seen a rapid reduction in crime and anti-social behaviour in the CBD over the past six months, Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell speaks to Lisa Owen. Audio
Rotorua Mayor on emergency housing changes
About 3000 families are currently living in motels, 800 of them for twelve weeks or longer and half of them are children.
The Government wants motels to be a last resort for emergency housing.
But… Audio
Tenants moved out of Rotorua lodge for safety reasons
Twenty long-term tenants have been moved out of a Rotorua lodge for safety reasons after it was found to be an "extremely high fire risk" and that doors were dead-bolted shut at night.
The Spa Lodge… Audio
Around the motu: Kelly Makiha in Rotorua
Kelly has a heartwarming story from an anonymous local businessman who has paid for a new play ground for the Rotorua Seventh-day Adventist School on Fenton St. The street is at the core of emergency… Audio
Rotorua mayor on overnight downpour
The weather packed in over Rotorua yesterday and torrential rain continued until the early hours of this morning.
Rotorua Lakes Council received multiple calls for help with flooding and slips.
… Audio
Around the motu: Felix Desmarais in Rotorua
Emergency housing in motels has been a huge issue in Rotorua for three years, starting in the first Covid lockdown and it has proliferated since then. Felix says the main issue is its concentration… Audio
Rotorua Mayor on deal over emergency motel accommodation
A deal has been done with the goverment to cut the use of Rotorua motels for emergency housing to close to zero over time. The controversial motel accomodation has been described by some as a "bloody… Video, Audio
Motel emergency accommodation 'damaging' - Rotorua Mayor
Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell says it is very disappointing to hear the Social Development Minister say there is no end date for Rotorua motels being used as emergency housing.
"It is absolutely one of… Video, Audio
Rotorua Mayor meets Housing Minister over emergency accommodation
Rotorua's new mayor has sat down with Housing Minister Megan Woods to discuss the city's burgeoning emergency accomodation. It's been a hugely controversial issue, with many of the motels along the… Video, Audio
New Mayors: Tania Tapsell in Rotorua
With Nathan Rarere is the new Mayor of Rotorua, Tania Tapsell.. Audio
Legal action sought against Rotorua emergency housing motels
An accommodation stoush is building up steam in Rotorua. The local council is seeking enforcement orders against nine emergency accommodation providers. But the legal action could leave 65 families… Audio
Rotorua's Tania Tapsell on being a young councillor
Local body elections take place in two months time ( 8 October) and if your image of local councillors is that they are all over 50 years of age and white, then our next guest will disrupt that… Audio
Ideas for 3 November 2013
This week on Ideas we speak to three of the youngest successful candidates in last month's local body elections: Twenty-year-old Jack McDonald who is the grandson of poets James K Baxter and Jacqui… Audio
