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Lobby For Good Opens Prelaunch Access To New Zealand’s First Member-funded Civic Intelligence Platform
Friday, 8 May 2026, 9:19 am | Lobby for Good
Everyday New Zealanders are about to get the kind of civic backup big organisations have had for years, without the corporate sponsors, vested interests, or decoder ring. Photo / Supplied Lobby for Good has opened early access to its new Civic Intelligence ... More >>
Lobby For Good Launches Civic Investigation Into ‘Local Water Done Well’ As Polls Show Public Disconnect
Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 7:27 am | Lobby for Good
Lobby for Good’s upcoming investigation will focus on the financial realities of the new water entities. More >>
Eight Deaths, 20 Years Of Warnings: Independent Research Organisation Publishes Liability Analysis Of Mauao Landslide
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 5:00 pm | Lobby for Good
Lobby for Good releases sourced report on the 22 January 2026 disaster - and addresses directly the systemic barriers that prevent everyday people from accessing complete information when challenging a council or government agency More >>
Councils To Vote On Water Deal Without Key Terms Known
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 9:40 am | Lobby for Good
The situation has prompted wider questions about decision-making processes in local government, particularly the sequencing of major structural decisions ahead of detailed agreement. More >>
Trust Collapse Signals Challenging Election Ahead, New Data Shows
Sunday, 29 March 2026, 3:57 pm | Lobby for Good
New Zealand is entering a period where trust, not just policy, will define outcomes. More >>
Major $3 Billion Regional Decision Raises Questions About Timing And Public Input
Friday, 27 March 2026, 4:35 pm | Lobby for Good
Observers note that once decisions move into structural or commercial frameworks, they often become significantly harder for the public to influence. More >>
CTV Anniversary Rekindles Questions About Senior Accountability In New Zealand
Sunday, 22 February 2026, 3:53 pm | Lobby for Good
Fifteen years after CTV, the national conversation about responsibility remains unfinished. More >>
When Process Replaces Power, Local Democracy Weakens
Thursday, 12 February 2026, 10:45 am | Lobby for Good
Ownership changes are not minor operational adjustments. When a public asset moves into private hands, the nature of accountability changes. Assurances may be offered, and intentions may be genuine. But the public’s leverage is no longer the same. More >>
Tauranga Water Governance Decisions Being Locked In Behind Closed Doors, Documents Show
Monday, 9 February 2026, 8:22 pm | Lobby for Good
Once governance is designed to limit choice, no amount of later consultation can restore it. More >>
Lobby For Good Calls For Urgent Reform Following Mount Maunganui Slip: “Put People First”
Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 10:47 am | Lobby for Good
Lobby for Good extends its deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those who were lost in the Mount Maunganui slip. More >>
One Cover-Up At A Time: Lobby For Good Calls For Urgent Accountability In Wake Of Police Scandal
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 7:30 pm | Lobby for Good
Internal documents and the IPCA report show senior leaders were aware of allegations for months, and in some cases years, before taking action. Complaints were buried, internal investigators sidelined, and whistleblowers treated as problems. More >>
Groundhog Day For Fishermen As Tauranga’s Marine Precinct Consultation Begins…Again
Friday, 24 October 2025, 9:43 am | Lobby for Good
Tauranga’s Marine Precinct has one of the strongest tidal flows in the country. The proposed layout does not allow for the turning space, tidal flow management, or access infrastructure required for safe and functional commercial operations. More >>
FluroFest 2025: A Celebration Of Connection, Wellbeing, And Whānau
Monday, 6 October 2025, 1:12 pm | Youth Voices Action-YVA
Free to attend, the FluroFest has become a highlight on Tauranga’s wellbeing calendar, bringing together music, movement, and kotahitanga to remind us that wellbeing isn’t a solo journey, it’s something we build and top up together. More >>
Tauranga Marina Society Clarifies Position On Sulphur Point Marina Dispute
Friday, 3 October 2025, 4:16 pm | Lobby for Good
For decades, the Society ran under a constitution that still referenced the long-defunct harbour board. A new constitution was adopted in 2016 following work by a member-led group. More >>
Another Legal Challenge After Auditor-General Refuses To Examine Tauranga City Council
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 7:23 am | Lobby for Good
Lobby for Good, a civic advocacy group, says the marina dispute highlights a bigger failure that when the Auditor-General declines to investigate councils, there is no real backstop for the public. More >>
“If Not Them, Then Who?” Auditor-General Declines Tauranga Council Scrutiny, Exposing Oversight Black Hole
Sunday, 31 August 2025, 1:21 pm | Lobby for Good
The Marine Precinct sale shows what’s broken. Valued at over $30 million, it was sold for just $13.9 million, with ratepayers still on the hook for up to another $29 million in upgrades that will benefit the new owner. More >>
When Facts Don’t Fit The Headline: Water Reform And The Real Story In Tauranga
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 6:06 pm | Lobby for Good
As an independent public interest group, Lobby for Good has seen firsthand what happens when councils rush into poorly explained decisions. From the Marine Precinct sale to Devonport Road purchases, Tauranga ratepayers have repeatedly been left carrying ... More >>
Public Water, Private Profits? Tauranga Vote On Waters Done Well Raises Alarm Bells Over Secrecy, Power, & Past Agendas
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 1:16 pm | Lobby for Good
This vote isn’t just procedural. It decides whether our local drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure remains accountable to the communities who use and pay for it, or whether it’s handed over to a new centralised entity with limited ... More >>
LGNZ: Funded by the People, But Not Always for the People
Monday, 28 July 2025, 5:06 pm | Lobby for Good
Councillors who know their communities well are saying the same thing, LGNZ doesn’t always help. In fact, sometimes it works against what the community actually wants. More >>
Western Bay Councillors Push Back Against New Subcommittee Rammed Through Without Approval
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 11:54 am | Lobby for Good
When elected councillors are cut out of the process entirely, it doesn’t matter what the policy is, it’s a democratic failure. This SmartGrowth subcommittee was formed without a single vote from elected members. More >>
