The New Plymouth Ratepayers Alliance has been hammered in the media this week, and scolded by David Bublitz, a would be Mayor in 2025.
The New Plymouth Ratepayers Alliance has been hammered in the media this week, and scolded by David Bublitz, a would be Mayor in 2025.
We have been called some dreadful names by David Bublitz – you can see his speech to us on the video of our Mayoral Event here:
Why are the Daily News, RNZ and David Bublitz saying such awful things about our team and our supporters ?
Because we ask very difficult questions ! We ask questions that expose the information behind the spin !
We research, we find facts, we gather information, screen shots, legal opinions and contracts and we put that together in stories. Our stories have lots of questions, and the NPDC is finding some of those questions hard to answer, or hard to deflect.
So this week the approach adopted was some pretty nasty name calling.
As the people who pay the bills for all Council activity and decisions, a lot of Ratepayers, Renters and Business people in New Plymouth are struggling to pay the large increases with their rates. We are making noises about the things that are adding to those rates bills and making noises about how to bring down debt and rates.
We had our second Mayoral Candidate event on Thursday 11th September.
David Bublitiz, who would like to be your Mayor, took the opportunity in his opening speech to tell the Ratepayers and Renters of New Plymouth how he felt about them asking questions.
He was not at all polite. He was also keen to state (in his words/opinion) the misinformation our group spreads.
We would like to invite people to visit our You Tube Channel and have a listen to David’s response to the people of New Plymouth who would like some questions answered.
We would also like people who haven’t visited our group before to have a look through the wide variety of concerns we have written about on this page over the last year, and the facts we provide with our stories.
Please choose your Mayor very carefully this year.
The Alliance prefers a Mayor who will listen to concerns and be open and welcoming to Ratepayer and Renter feedback. An open minded Mayor who is prepared to alter plans that were made 4 years ago when people weren’t struggling with the cost of living.
We definitely don’t want a Mayor who resorts to nasty name calling because the people who pay the bills ask difficult questions.
P.S While looking at David Bublitz’s speech – please also have a listen to the other Candidates running for Mayor to see who else there is to choose from.
Please share this so people can see both sides of this story.
Posted: Sun 14 Sep 2025