Lisa Thomson joins us in the studio to talk about how Council has tried to balance the changes that government has thrust upon them - including changes to roading funding. There's also the big changes to the 3-waters set up and lots more in the 700 page document.

The government has told councils to fix the Three Waters so how much will this cost us? We've got Tamahere councillor and part time local Mike Keir in studio to talk about the numbers and also about what he wants to do about the 'broken' rating system.

Following this week's community board meeting we have Chairperson Dennis Amoore in studio to talk about the rural recycle drop off problem, the future of sports facilities in Raglan, future plans for Wainui Reserve and the council spending plan that seems to leave a few questions about how much the changes to 3-waters will really cost and how much control the community will really have over the servicesFollowing this week's community board meeting we have Chairperson Dennis Amoore in studio to talk about the rural recycle drop off problem, the future of sports facilities in Raglan, future plans for Wainui Reserve and the council spending plan that seems to leave a few questions about how much the changes to 3-waters will really cost and how much control the community will really have over the services.

We catch up with our district Mayor about the 3-waters and what it will all cost, plus we find out if she's going to run for Mayor at this year's election.

John Lawson joins us to look at community issues that will come up at Wednesday's board meeting.

Lisa has bought a 700 page copy of the council's Long Term Plan with her to the studio following the decision by councillor's to formally accept the plan and the accompanying rate rise.

We don't know. But there's a council meeting happening at the time of recording which is will set council costs for the next few years. This leads John and Aaron to speculate about the potential results to no great effect. We also look at the latest sewerage scare - which is probably just a scare - and then wrap it up fairly quickly so we can talk about history.

We talk about the new rates rise, alcohol bylaw, council's habit of not giving information to the community board, Manu Bay Breakwall, Aroaro Reserve flooding and the future of Sport's fields in Raglan, mysterious new CCTV cameras.

The government's 3-Waters solution has puts all the costs on the ratepayers, plus there is lots more that council needs to do within their budget so we look at some of those. We check out the changes to the alcohol ban in Raglan, fluoride, speed changes, plus a look at the housing situation in Raglan.

We talk to John about the recent community board meeting and what council is planning to spend money on in the upcoming structure plan. Are we getting a town plan one day soon, what will the new rates look like after the 3-waters work is up and running.