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Does Auckland Council have a Foreign Affairs department?
Monday, 23 February 2015, 10:03 am | No More Rates
Ratepayers might be shocked to learn that Auckland Council is maintaining its own "Foreign Office" with representatives in London and San Francisco and another about to be appointed to China. The appointments have been made without the knowledge ... More >>
Council Budget consultation goes in the Junk bin
Monday, 16 February 2015, 4:42 pm | No More Rates
A growing number of Auckland residents are complaining that they have not received a promised brochure from the Council which gives details of the next 10-year budget and invites opinions on some key issues which will affect rates from July this year. More >>
Mayor must recall Council to debate Light Rail proposal
Friday, 23 January 2015, 11:07 am | No More Rates
The proposal by Auckland Transport for a possible new Light Rail system being released on the same day that Auckland Council issued its draft 10-year plan [LTP] is a classic example of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. More >>
Comments On Auckland 10-Year Plan
Friday, 23 January 2015, 10:30 am | No More Rates
Residential Ratepayers to be slogged with $100 million extra on rates while business rates go down. More >>
A decade of distress for Auckland ratepayers.
Friday, 16 January 2015, 10:18 am | No More Rates
Rates increases of 3.5% for each of the next 10 years is only half of the story that Auckland Council ratepayers will discover when they receive a summary of the Council’s proposed 10-year Long Term Plan[LTP] due for delivery next week. More >>
Mayor’s latest CRL plan will lead to huge rate increases
Monday, 8 December 2014, 10:27 am | No More Rates
The Auditor General has clearly indicated that the Council must show realistic figures as to how and when funding for the $2.4 bn Central Rail Link (CRL) will be achieved. More >>
Mayor’s latest CRL plan will lead to huge rate increases
Sunday, 7 December 2014, 10:37 am | No More Rates
Mayor’s latest CRL plan will lead to huge rate increases, early start means Government pays less More >>
Split Council votes on full increases up to and above 40%
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 4:51 pm | No More Rates
At today’s Auckland Council Budget Committee several councillors tried to find ways to ease the pain for 126,000 residential ratepayers who face a rate rise of more than 10% next year – including 51,000 who face rises between 15% and 40%+. More >>
Auckland Ratepayers crucified by valuation system
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 11:02 am | No More Rates
Rates changes range from increases of more than 40% to decreases of more than 40% All groups of ratepayers in Auckland are facing changes in their rates ranging from increases of more than 40% to decreases of more than 40%. - this huge spread applies ... More >>
Ratepayers should be prepared to object to revaluation
Monday, 10 November 2014, 8:59 am | No More Rates
Every ratepayer in Auckland will know tomorrow the new value of their home based on the revaluation carried out by Auckland Council this year. This new value will be the measure on which the Council will charge for rates, for each individual property, ... More >>
Mayor misleading on real impact of property revaluations
Monday, 20 October 2014, 9:16 am | No More Rates
There can be no doubt that many ratepayers will face significant rates increases for the next three years as a result of the new revaluations. More >>
Local Government job could be Bennett’s biggest challenge
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 10:42 am | No More Rates
It is a long time since a Minister of Local Government was as high as number 5 in the Cabinet, together with the appointment of an Associate Minister outside Cabinet. More >>
Ratepayers in the firing line if Labour/Greens win election
Monday, 25 August 2014, 9:17 am | No More Rates
NoMoreRates has no allegiance to any political party but the election promise by Labour and the Greens to make an immediate start on the Central Rail Link would be an absolute disaster for Auckland ratepayers. More >>
Property revaluations for council rates must be reformed
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 11:33 am | No More Rates
Opportunity to bring controls on rating value changes and more equitable level of annual rates increase More >>
Government must intervene in Auckland budget crisis
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 10:04 am | No More Rates
The problems facing Len Brown and his Council have developed over the last three and a half years and have spiralled to stage which the Council itself seems unable to act. More >>
Government needs to act to control councils
Thursday, 8 May 2014, 11:01 am | No More Rates
Ratepayers in New Zealand’s two biggest cities are facing substantial rates increases over the next few years. More >>
Local Council funding review will encourage more debt
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 10:24 am | No More Rates
Seven years after the Independent Rates Inquiry warned that the rating system was unsustainable Local Government New Zealand has come to the same conclusion. More >>
Len Brown plan for rates reform looks like a road to nowhere
Monday, 17 March 2014, 5:03 pm | No More Rates
Interviewed on TVNZ’s Q& A on Sunday Mr Brown proposal consisted of asking Local Government New Zealand [LGNZ]to carry out a review of local authority funding throughout the country, together with his suggestion of a ‘city tax’ without any detail ... More >>
Poll Tax must be considered
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 4:18 pm | No More Rates
Mayor’s ‘new’ local income tax ideas are a revisit of the 2007 Independent Rates Inquiry. More >>
PM Says Brown’s Rail Link Will Be “Burden On The Ratepayers"
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 11:23 am | No More Rates
In a radio interview this morning the Prime Minister said that an early start to the Auckland City Rail Link would lead to “quite a big burden on the ratepayers”. More >>
