Talk:Mount Maunganui

National Surfing Champs???
Having surfed and lived in the mount for 6 years, i have never seen the national surfing champs held in mount maunganui. moreover, mount is not famous for its quality waves, it is infamous for its mushy, low quality waves. lastly, the claim that the beach in notoriously dangerous is insupportable. the high amount of lifeguard activity, rescues and casualties is due to the amount of people (specifically the amount of tourists who are rather inept in the water) who swim at the mount over summer, rather than a particularly dangerous stretch of beach. 123.100.92.241 (talk) 07:05, 5 December 2007 (UTC)aids

Name of the hill
Need a citation for the statement that the hill is now officially known by its Maori name Mauao, because according to New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database the official name is Mount Maunganui (both for the hill and the suburb). Nurg 04:47, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

++ I second this. Reference 1) is now a dead link, and not an official link to the NZGPD. Fillup (talk) 10:30, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Suburb
Mount Maunganui is a suburb of Tauranga. The article needs to reflect that, not what some people may think, although the opinion of locals can be noted. The year that the City of Tauranga came into being and Mount Maunganui became part of it would be a good inclusion. As for the harbour bridge 'bringing the two communities together', that's very poetic but it wasn't the purpose for the bridge. Enzedbrit 00:55, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

You need to understand the facts and the facts are that Mount Maunganui is NOT a suburb, for it has suburbs of its own in fact it has EIGHT! May I ask you how a suburb can have suburbs of its own?

In fact the Tauranga City Council AGREES it is not a suburb but A TOWN IN OUR OWN RIGHT. Simply governed by one council.

Bayfair Estate Midway Central Parade Arataki Omanu Ocean Downs Te Maunga Mount Maunganui North

This is a TOWN that is made up of 40 000 people. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. I suggest you get your facts right before you try to shoot down the answers, next time.

And my second point, you are also wrong about the purpose of the bridge. This was to bring the two towns together, it was the idea of Tauranga’s mayor. He supported the amalgamation of the two towns and the bridge was a way to bring them together. Also in the report done into the amalgamation (which found the two communities would be better off being served independently) said this would be one of the few ways to bring the towns together.

Please know your facts next time and don’t guess Enzedbrit.

I rest my case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.154.137.49 (talk) 21:28, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The harbour bridge was added to bring the mount and Tauranga together they are one place now the mount is a suburb not a town and arataki and bayfair are neighborhoods not suburb 222.152.205.55 (talk) 23:19, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * and for the added bonus city councils don't have towns in them they are as the name says a council for city and because the mount is under a city council it makes it a suburb I think you need to do research on different types of council the mount is a suburb plain and simple same with papamoa 222.152.205.55 (talk) 23:21, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

The Mount was well off before Tauranga ( helped by the Govt ) had taken it over in protest of 65%odd Mounties that voted against joining and i have found Tauranga have stripped the Mount's assets only to plunge the Mount ratepayers into Tauranga's debt, the first thing Tauranga did when the bridge was completed was pipe its sewage over the the Mounts new oxidation ponds

Map size
I added the large version of the map because the previous image-based version was 250px. If you'd prefer the standard sized one, here it is. Cheers - Gobeirne (talk) 03:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)