Public Transport Committee

The Public Transport Committee puts in place and oversees public transport strategy and policy. It operates under the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

Membership

Organisation	Representative
Bay of Plenty Regional Council	Chairperson: Cr Andrew von Dadelszen Deputy Chairperson: Cr Lyall Thurston Members: Cr Malcolm Campbell, Cr Jane Nees, Cr Ken Shirley, Cr Paula Thompson
Tauranga City Council	Commissioner Stephen Selwood Commissioner Bill Wasley
Rotorua Lakes Council	Cr Conan O’Brien Mayor Tania Tapsell (alternate)
Western Bay of Plenty District Council	Mayor James Denyer Deputy Mayor John Scrimgeour (alternate)
Whakatāne District Council	Councillor Andrew Iles Councillor Gavin Dennis (alternate)
NZ Transport Agency	Susan Collins Sarah Roberts (alternate)

Meetings, agendas, and minutes

Only the most recent agendas and minutes are available on our website. Please contact us if you would like copies of older documents.

Note: all minutes are draft until confirmed at a subsequent meeting of this group.

2024

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Tuesday 12 March 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Wednesday 12 June 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 24 September 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 19 November 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

2023

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Tuesday 21 March 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Wednesday 7 June 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 12 September 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 14 November 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

2022

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Wednesday 16 February 9.30am Workshop ‘Regional Public Transport Plan Development' – Part 3	Via Zoom (audio visual meeting) Due to Covid 19 level restrictions, the workshop will be recorded and made available following the workshop on the BOPRC YouTube Channel.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 17 March 9.30am – 2.00pm	via Zoom (audio visual meeting)	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Wednesday 11 May 9.30am Workshop ‘Regional Public Transport Plan Development' – Part 4	TBC	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 23 June 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 22 September 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

2021

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Thursday 18 March 9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 27 May 9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 26 August 9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Due to Covid Level 4, the meeting will be recorded and made available following the meeting on the BOPRC YouTube Channel.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Wednesday 13 October Workshop 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	This workshop will be held via Zoom. Due to Covid 19 level restrictions, the workshop will be recorded and made available following the workshop on the BOPRC YouTube Channel.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 30 November 9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Via Zoom (Audio Visual Meeting) only - this meeting will also be livestreamed and recorded.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

2020

Meetings August to December 2020

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Thursday 27 August 9:30am - 2:00pm	The meeting will be recorded and made available following the meeting on the BOPRC YouTube channel.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 27 October 1:30pm - 3:30pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Friday 27 November 9.30am - 2:00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima

Location/Wahi

Agendas and minutes

Thursday 27 August

9:30am - 2:00pm

The meeting will be recorded and made available following the meeting on the BOPRC YouTube channel.

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Tuesday 27 October

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 27 November

9.30am - 2:00pm

Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Meetings January to July 2020

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas	Minutes
Wednesday 26 February 9:30am - 2:00pm	Mauao Rooms, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda Agenda Item 9.3 - Public Transport Arotake Tuatahi 2019/20 - Performance Monitoring Report July to December 2019	Minutes Agenda Item 8 - Shane Plummer, Public Forum BOPRC Bus network safety risks Agenda Item 9.1 Priority One - Ferry Transport Agenda Item 9.2 - PTC work programme Agenda Item 9.3 - TCC Clare Cassidy PT Infrastructure Update Agenda Item 9.3 - PT Arotake Tuatahi 2019-20 Agenda Item 9.5 - Mode Shift Plan Agenda Item 9.7 - High level regional fare review Agenda Item 9.8 - Annual Plan Consultation Topics
Friday 22 May 9:30am - 2:30pm	Due to technical difficulties we are not able to live stream this meeting	Agenda Agenda Items 7.3 & 7. 4 - Under Separate Cover	Video recording of meeting Minutes

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima

Location/Wahi

Agendas

Minutes

Wednesday 26 February

9:30am - 2:00pm

Mauao Rooms, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga

Agenda

Agenda Item 9.3 - Public Transport Arotake Tuatahi 2019/20 - Performance Monitoring Report July to December 2019

Minutes

Friday 22 May

9:30am - 2:30pm

Due to technical difficulties we are not able to live stream this meeting

Agenda

Agenda Items 7.3 & 7. 4 - Under Separate Cover

Video recording of meeting

Minutes

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

2019

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas	Minutes
Friday 8 February 9:30am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda	Minutes
Friday 29 March 9:30am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda Agenda information distributed under separate cover	Minutes Carole Gordon - Engaging older people in transportation NZ Bus - Public transport presentation Public transport presentation - Tauranga Phase 3 review TCC - Public transport infrastructure update
Friday 10 May 10:00am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda	Minutes Item 3 - Janet Tullis - Petition seeking changes to the bus routes in Pyes Pa: Tabled item 1 – Original Petition & Tabled item 2 - Updated Petition and Aerial Map Item 9.1 – Engaging Older People – Carole Gordon Presentation Item 9.4 – Phase 3 of WBOP Public Transport Blueprint Presentation Item 9.6 - Performance of BayHopper Passenger Trips for July 2018 to March 2019 Presentation
Friday 9 August 9:30am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda	Minutes Documents referenced: Achievements of the 2016-19 Triennium 2019-08-09 - From BECA -TTM PT Committee Presentation Aug 2019 2019-08-09 Passenger Transport Implementation Plan PT Infrastructure Update - August 2019
Tuesday 10 September 9:30am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda	Minutes

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

2018

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Agendas	Minutes
Friday 9 February	Agenda	Minutes
Friday 11 May	Agenda Bay of Plenty Regional Council 2017 Public Transport Technology Project Stage	Minutes
Thursday 16 August	Agenda	Minutes
Friday 9 November	Agenda	Minutes

For minutes and agendas from before 2018, please contact the Governance Team.