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IT’S LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION TIME

I NEED YOUR VOTE

Yes, it’s that time again. Voting papers will be out from 9th September,

with final postal voting day being 11th October.

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Below is the video of my presentation to Papamoa Ratepayers on 15th September​

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DEMOCRACY IS AT RISK IN THIS COUNTRY

AND I NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT WE RETAIN

“ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE”

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2025 Councillor Profile – Andrew von Dadelszen    “STRONG GOVERNANCE”

 

A Tauranga resident for 37 years, Justice of the Peace, and 5th term Regional Councillor, I need your support & vote. My hard-work makes a real difference on behalf of our ratepayers.

 

Please vote for sensible Councillors, who believe in SCIENCE-BASED decision making - not fluffy rhetoric by often loud voices of small minority activist groups. The Regional Council needs councillors who understand what efficiency and effectiveness really means. With our strong balance sheet, our Regional Council has the opportunity to make a real difference for our communities.

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I have strong financial and analytical skills and advocate strongly for efficiency and effectiveness in everything your regional council undertakes. Our regional council is financially extremely robust and I have been instrumental in helping to establish such a strong asset base – that ensures rates affordability.

 

Your regional council had the lowest total rate increase for the coming year across all of New Zealand’s local government. In total a 0.2% rate reduction from 2024-25, and also the lowest across New Zealand across the past three years.

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This is an outstanding result and our Transport team at BOPRC have played a huge hand in achieving the required saving - by improving efficiency and effectiveness, rather than by reducing services.

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My approach is simple: If you don’t measure, you can’t manage. As a Justice of the Peace, with a Master of Business Administration, my governance experience includes directorships on Crown entities. I’m committed to science-based decision-making, reducing wasteful bureaucracy, and ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.

 

I stand for equal rights and responsibilities for all citizens, and a future where every voice counts. Let’s stop the PC nonsense and focus on what truly matters for our community - better harbours, roads, and public transport - and a cleaner, sustainable environment for our children and grandchildren.

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​I am the current Chair of our Regional Council's "Public Transport Committee", as well as the "Joint Tauranga City Public Transport Committee", comprising of just two Regional Councillors (myself and Ron Scott), two TCC Councillors and one Western Bay of Plenty District Councillor. This committee was set up last triennium (with the TCC Commissioners) to try to reverse siloed staff thinking with regards to Public Transport. This committee has been exceptionally successful in this, and I can report that staff in both TCC and BOPRC are now working very collaboratively, ensuring great outcomes for Tauranga's bus services. It isn't perfect but it has hugely improved - thank you staff. 

 

I am a qualified Resource Hearings Commissioner (Chair certified) since 2005 and have a reputation for achieving strong outcomes that achieve both economic and environmentally sustainable outcomes.

 

Rotary - I am also the current Treasurer (previous chair) of the Rotary Centennial Trust for the restoration of the Kopurererua Valley Wetland, and have led this charity since 2017.

 

When you vote for me, you vote for a track record of excellence in governance.

 

VOTE -  VON DADELSZEN

 

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