About this episode

The episode features an interview with Tauranga Mayor Mahe Drysdale discussing local challenges and community highlights.

It's time for Mayoral minutes, where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing, how they're working to solve them and what makes their community special. This week we're heading to the Tauranga, from where Mayor Mahe Drysdale joins Jesse.

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Guest: Mahe Drysdale

Topics covered

• local government
• community challenges
• mayoral insights
• Tauranga
• leadership

Keywords

• mayor
• Tauranga
• community
• challenges
• leadership
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tauranga

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