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Hotelier And Airbnb Taxes Should Be Scrapped While ATEED’s Job Is Redundant
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 3:50 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is calling on Auckland Council to scrap its Accommodation Providers' Targeted Rate (APTR) – the tax on hoteliers and Air BnB’ers to fund ATEED’s tourism and event promotion – while the sector faces next to ... More >>
Mayor Goff’s Excuses Don’t Add Up
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 1:30 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s excuses for continuing ahead with his planned rates hikes, despite the financial turmoil caused by COVID-19, don’t add up say the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance . Jo Holmes, a spokeswoman for the Alliance says, “Mayor ... More >>
ATEED's New ‘digital Content’ Role Flies In Face Of Economic Reality
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 11:26 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is slamming ATEED as completely out of touch with the economic reality of Aucklanders after the agency posted a job advertisement for a newly created role: a “Digital Content Specialist” . “ATEED should be ... More >>
Auckland's Planned Rate Hike Looks Increasingly Absurd
Monday, 6 April 2020, 3:37 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Christchurch City Council's move toward a rates freeze shows that Auckland Council's planned rate hike can be withdrawn, says the Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance . Alliance spokeswoman Jo Holmes says, "With councils across the country moving toward ... More >>
Government must put a spending cap on its Auckland tram
Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 2:28 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Transport Minister Phil Twyford needs to put a firm spending limit on the cost of his Auckland tram, says the Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance as competing proposals appear to spiral out of control. Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes says, ... More >>
National Party allowed a disastrous result for Auckland
Saturday, 12 October 2019, 6:16 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The result of the 2019 Auckland Mayoral election shows the need for stronger campaigning from the centre-right, says the Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance. More >>
Time to pump the breaks on doomed ride-sharing app
Friday, 4 October 2019, 12:43 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Having picked up a Jonesie Award nomination yesterday, it’s clearer than ever that Auckland Council needs to pump the breaks on its $1.3 million “AT Local” ride-sharing trial, says the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance . Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson ... More >>
Mayoral and Council candidates sign rates pledge
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 2:04 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance has today released its voting guide for the 2019 Mayoral and Council elections, showing who has signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge. More >>
So called "centre-right" C&R ticket drags chain on Pledge
Monday, 23 September 2019, 5:16 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Auckland’s primary centre-right ticket is instructing its candidates not to sign the 2% Ratepayer Protection Pledge, despite campaigning to “halt rate hikes”, reveals the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance . The pledge reads: I will not vote for ... More >>
Auckland ranked highest in the country for average rates
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 8:32 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Ratepayers’ Report 2019: Auckland Council ranked highest in the country for average rates 18 SEPTEMBER 2019 More >>
Ratepayers’ Alliance welcomes weekly refuse collection
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 11:46 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance , which strongly campaigned against the Mayor’s Waste Management and Minimisation Plan two years ago, is welcoming the commitment from John Tamihere to retain weekly general waste kerbside collection. More >>
Ratepayer-funded drag queens epitomise Council waste
Monday, 26 August 2019, 2:49 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The decision to hire “fashion police” to issue “tickets” during Auckland Fashion Week epitomises the culture of waste at Auckland Council, says the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance . Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes says, “Paying ... More >>
Rates freeze sets the bar for Auckland mayoral candidates
Monday, 26 August 2019, 10:36 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is welcoming John Tamihere’s commitment to a three-year rates freeze, and says spending cuts are achievable. Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes says, “Aucklanders will be relieved to see a bold rates ... More >>
Ratepayer Protection Pledge launched
Friday, 23 August 2019, 9:23 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance has launched the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” committing to no more than 2% annual rate hikes over the next Council term, and has written to all Mayoral and Council candidates asking them to sign. The pledge will ... More >>
Government must shut down Phil Goff’s attack on local Gov
Wednesday, 21 August 2019, 5:12 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Jordan Williams, a spokesman for the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance and its nationwide sister group the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is slamming Auckland Mayor Phil Goff for his comments today that John Tamihere would need the Government’s support to ... More >>
Tamihere’s fuel tax promise will require waste cuts
Wednesday, 21 August 2019, 12:35 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Tamihere’s fuel tax promise will require waste cuts 21 AUGUST 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More >>
More than a bit rich for Goff to talk about honesty
Monday, 19 August 2019, 11:26 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Ratepayers around Auckland were spitting out their morning coffees listening to Phil Goff’s incredible claims on breakfast radio today that this election is about ‘honesty’ and that Aucklanders can trust him on his promises. Auckland Ratepayers’ ... More >>
Scrap the gardening grants for leafy-suburb property owners
Monday, 22 July 2019, 10:38 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Orakei Local Board’s grants distributed to help property owners prune their trees is a perfect example of wasteful spending, says the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance . Orakei Local Board has approved 15 “tree protection” grants since 2016, averaging ... More >>
“None of the above” most popular mayoral option
Monday, 15 July 2019, 2:35 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance , the supercity’s largest ratepayer group, has today released the results of a survey of 2,200 of its members, with “none of the above” being by far the most preferred option for Mayor, ahead of John Tamihere ... More >>
Auckland Council chooses virtue signalling over services
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 2:23 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Responding to Auckland Council’s unanimous declaration of a ‘climate emergency’, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Jordan Williams says: “It’s no wonder Auckland Council’s finances have spiraled into debt. It’s lost sight of its core ... More >>
