Someone is Copying Us!

A Youtuber by the name of Lofangas, yes Lofangas is uploading unusual and useless videos of anything random! I have been getting many e-mails about  this matter and have even e-mailed the owner of the channel. But the funny thing is that the owners email is my email! A hacker is one the loose and we should stop him from ruining this blog.




Here is the Channel and some of his most 'popular' videos.

Town of The Week-Paengaroa

We have started a new series of posts, named Town of The Week. This series will tell you about towns in the Western Bay of Plenty, not the Eastern Bay of Plenty. This weeks town is small Paengaroa.


Paengaroa is a small town located near the boundary of the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Paengaroa has a population of 906. Though this seems small, Paengaroa's population is rapidly growing, well at least for village standards. 831 in 2001, 897 in 2006 and 906 in 2013. Paengaroa's population is set to grow when the Tauranga Eastern Link is opened. This will not only bring growth to Paengaroa, but also the Eastern Bay of Plenty. For more information on the Tauranga Eastern Link check out this. With all this projected growth, Paengaroa might even contend with Kawerau and even Whakatane. But what about now? Don't worry a new, state of the art building. Named Comvita Experience, it has joined the Comvita Visitor Centre to attract tourists from around the globe.

With all these predictions and forecasts, Paengaroa is looking to become the Bay of Plenty's new superstar town, but the question is. Will the population do it's part?

Paengaroa's Comvita Experience will open this November.

(The original post was from WBOP Blog which has merged with us.)

Thanks,
Lofangas-lofangas@gmail.com

Tauranga's Mini Gold Goast-Part 2

Papamoa is a rapidly expanding suburb of Tauranga. At this rate Papamoa is expected to surpass 40,000 people by 2051. But what if some tragedy strikes the town? Here is Part 2 of "Tauranga's Mini Gold Coast" series where we will see some possible situations that could occur:



Situation #4-Papamoa City
In this situation Papamoa decides to split up from Tauranga, as Papamoa can survive itself. However Tauranga decides to "take" events from Papamoa to show superiority. This leaves Papamoa in distress so they decide to merge. Chances of happening 30%

Situation #5-Tauranga Extends
In this situation Tauranga extends and keeps extending it's boundaries because of housing affordability. This ends when they are very close to Te Puke and the end of southern Bay of Plenty. By that time Tauranga's population increases leaving behind Papamoa as a small sized suburb. Papamoa's population dosen't increase heavily after that as it is hemmed in by Tauranga's new suburbs. Chance of happening 25%

Situation #6-TEL Becomes a Failure
This time, the Tauranga Eastern Link fails to live up to expectations. This stops Papamoa East, Papamoa's future suburb, from developing inti a massive "town". The Eastern Link will provide easier travel throughout the Bay of Plenty. If it fails to deliver, tgen the local council's debt will rise. An earlier example of this is Route K, which makes up the majoraty of TCC's debt. Chance of happening 50%

Situation #7-TEL Becomes a Success

Opposite of #6, with Papamoa expanding and growing into a...Mini Gold Coast! Will pass 40,000 by 2051 if Papamoa countinues to meet population projections. Papamoa will pursue it's dream of having a shopping centre to rival Bayfair in the early 2020's if this situation is to happen. Of course this can only happen if the Tauranga Eastern Link becomes popular and tolls are paid. Chance of Happening 50%


To see part 1 of this series, Click Here.

We have reached the end of an important discussion about Papamoa's development in the future. I personally believe situation #6 and #7 are the currently the two most likely situations to occur as Papamoa East heavily depends on the TEL to write it's future. Please comment what you think about this and what local topic I should cover next. It would also encourage me a lot if you would +1 this Blog.


See you next time,
Lofangas-E-Mail Me Here, Google+ Profile

Tauranga's Mini Gold Coast?-Part 1

Papamoa is Tauranga's largest combined suburb, with 20,000 people. Projections say that Papamoa will continue to grow into the size of Napier by 2050. This growth will be boosted with the Tauranga Eastern Link. But in an article in one of Tauranga's largest newspapers, they described Papamoa becoming a Mini Gold Coast. Here is part one of the possible situations that could arise in the near future:


Situation #1-Natural Disaster
This one is quite likely to occur with Tsunami's and Earthquake's the two most likely disasters. In the 1980's a single earthquake removed a fellow neighbour from the map. That neighbour was Edgecumbe. Once a promising town now a dwindling villiage. And let's not forget about a Tsunami destroying our "Gold Coast". A tsunami is bound to occur around Pacific water's but what about Papamoa?

Situation #2-Overpopulation
Overpopulation is a growing problem in many cities throughout the world, Papamoa could be the next. Yes Papamoa will become a Mini Gold Coast however population becomes the deciding factor. In the end Papamoa reaches 30,000+ in population but will rarely go higher than that.

Situation #3-Back To a Villiage
The most obvious question, what if the sections in Papamoa East don't sell? This is actually quite unlikely as Papamoa East is attracting many buyers. Too many to be a failure or flop. You cancel this out from the main situations, however the possibility that there are no buyers is possible.

This is it for today, part 2 will be coming soon.

Tauranga: Largest City in New Zealand Not to Have...

A University, a Museum, an International Aiport(Hamilton at least had international flights) etc. Looking at these three big factors I can see why Tauranga is not keeping up with it's population projections. Tauranga needs these three(Not so much the airport yet) buildings somewhere in Tauranga to keep up with projections. Let's go over each of these three buildings and their pros and cons.

The proposed Tauranga "University" Campus.

Firstly, The University which
each city must have with a large enough population. Tauranga seems to be missing out, Dunedin has a population of about 122,000 and just under a 1/4 are their uni students. Tauranga is starting to become a Retirement City, with a bulk of their students going to The University of Waikato. Tauranga needs to get this University fast however only the council debt is holding us back. As of October 2013 the debt is $380,000,000, less than Hamilton's but still high. If we clear the debt only good things will come for example The University.

Classic Flyers, Tauranga's closet thing to a proper Museum.

Secondly The Tauranga Museum, this debate has been raging on for 20+ years now with absolutely no progress. Finally, about 1-2 months ago we had our plans drawn up but a new problem arose. Where to put the Museum? There are two options, a new but unused building or some empty free land. what would you choose?




Tauranga Airport looks busy!-Poor Sarcasm

And finally, our one and only Tauranga International Airport. Tauranga's Airport is the fourth busiest in New Zealand, just behind Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch International Airports. Difference is, we are not an International Airport. So just Build on, Not anytime soon! If we built a Tauranga International Airport, our debt would increase and be an obvious blunder. Just look what happened to Hamilton International Airport, it flopped. When our airport exceeds capacity, only then will we get this conversation up and running. Case Closed.

So out of these three options I believe we should choose none. When we lower our debt, then I will choose Tauranga International Airport. Why? Because it will take a long time to clear our debt!


Please Comment/ E-Mail me what you think.

lofangas@gmail.com

Tauranga Eastern Link-Great Milestone or Major Flop?

The Tauranga Eastern Link is the Bay of Plenty's most expensive roading project to date, it's also the most controversial. Many people support the 455 Million dollar project however there are just as many people who disregard it. But before you get on one side, I will show the main facts: