Speaking of Len Lye and its contribution to New Plymouth and Taranaki, we have attached two opinion pieces.

Speaking of Len Lye and its contribution to New Plymouth and Taranaki, we have attached 2 opinion pieces. Both writers are supporters of art, and both writers talk about the community and ratepayers, caught up with the high costs of running Len Lye.

The first opinion - by Moira George – Current Deputy Mayor at NPDC:

https://www.ngamotunews.co.nz/2026/08/22/art-of-the-deal/

The second opinion - a new Substack writer - who has sent an opinion to us. This is a very long read – may be a Saturday morning coffee type of read – but there are some very interesting points:

https://alexanderpublius.substack.com/p/the-price-of-the-deal?r=8yu4xi

If you haven’t voted in our Len Lye Strawpoll yet, and would like to have a say about the $120k a week operating budget at Len Lye, the link to our poll is here:

https://strawpoll.com/1Mnwka6qjn7