'This is so predictable. Rates up, bureaucracy up, and still no results'
But the spend-up has been justified as helping deliver city's biggest shake-up in history.
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Dawn Picken: Government's fluoridation decision the right call
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Tauranga landlord fined in a district court first
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Letters to the editor: Library and council buildings don't need replacing
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Samantha Motion: Not in my backyard: Scourge of suburban moaners
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