Tamahere Community Committee
The core of the current Tamahere Community Committee was elected at a public meeting in November 2007 but there have since been some departures and co-options to maintain numbers.
The members are Dallas Fisher (chair), Sue Robertson (deputy chair), Maggie Wilcock (secretary), Rowena Edge, Arnold Koppens, Mandy Elliott, Jane Manson, Leo Koppens, Liz Witehira, and Waikato District Council Tamahere ward councillor Wally Hayes.
In the Waikato district, local community committees are designed to ensure that residents within a ward have a voice to represent the views of the community to the Waikato District Council.
The Tamahere Community Committee, which meets monthly, assists and supports Tamahere ward councillor Wally Hayes in his dealings with the council.
Community committees are not a vehicle for fighting local issues but can provide the council with the feelings of the community on any issues or concerns at an early stage, which hopefully influences council’s decisions. Committee members can, however, make submissions on their own behalf as private individuals.
Contact details are:
Tamahere ward councillor Wally Hayes, 07 856 6616, Click the following link to email Wally Hayes.
Dallas Fisher, 07 856 4111, click to email Dallas Fisher
Sue Robertson, 07 856 4777, click to email Sue Robertson
Maggie Wilcock, 07 856 7633, click to email Maggie Wilcock
Rowena Edge, 07 859 2076, click to email Rowena Edge
Arnold Koppens, 07 856 5509, click to email Arnold Koppens
Mandy Elliot, click to email Mandy Elliot
Jane Manson, click to email Jane Manson
Liz Witehira, 07 856 9389, click to email Liz Witehira
Leo Koppens, 07 856 3245, click to email Leo Koppens
A map of the Tamahere ward (pdf): Tamahere Ward Map
Over the years, Tamahere has had a number of committees that have taken the views of residents to the council. All of these have highlighted one aspect that is important to the community: rural life-style. The retention of the Tamahere rural life-style has been one of the key focuses of all the committees.
The rapid growth of the area means this rural aspect is becoming harder and harder to maintain. Alongside this are growing concerns about road safety, access to schools and commercial development.
In 2004, every resident should have received from Waikato District Council a booklet titled Tamahere – The Lifestyle Community: Community Plan – 2004-2013. Here in pdf: Tamahere Community Plan
The community plan outlined a vision for Tamahere and identified key issues and projects that the community wished the council to implement. Projects were put into a 1-3 year, 4-8 year, or 7-10 year time frame so that the community could monitor council’s progress. Some of these projects have been completed but others have yet to be.
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