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Hamilton Ratepayers Should Call On Minister to Intervene
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 11:31 am | No More Rates
Hamilton and Wellington City Councils are arousing ratepayers' anger by seeking to introduce a ‘minimum living wage’ policy for council staff, and possibly for staff of contracted suppliers. More >>
List of ‘myth-busters’ will not fool ratepayers
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 12:06 pm | No More Rates
Auckland Council’s list of ‘myth-busters’ will not fool ratepayers into accepting the flawed and controversial draft Unitary Plan which the Council wants to take immediate legal effect when it is notified shortly after 18th September. More >>
Auckland Council misleading public over rates
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 9:14 am | No More Rates
Mayor Len Brown can claim some credit for a lower rates increase than last year but he is wrong to claim that the average increase is 2.9%. More >>
Shock For Auckland Ratepayers
Friday, 3 May 2013, 3:28 pm | No More Rates
Auckland Ratepayers will be shocked by 10% - 20% pay increase to Councillors and Local Board chairs. More >>
Letter to Mayor Len Brown proposing revised process
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 11:14 am | No More Rates
Letter to Mayor Len Brown proposing revised process of Unitary Plan to respond to public anger. More >>
Government must not allow Unitary Plan
Monday, 8 April 2013, 9:48 am | No More Rates
There is now no doubt that the Mayor and Auckland Council are aiming to rush through the processing of the Unitary Plan and make it legally operative in September. More >>
Auckland Council out of touch with residents on Unitary Plan
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 11:03 am | No More Rates
NoMoreRates.com The nationwide campaign to replace the present system of council rates – And to comment on Local Government issues. More >>
Property values radically changed under the Unitary Plan.
Thursday, 14 March 2013, 9:58 am | No More Rates
The Auckland Council is about to launch its first draft Unitary Plan which contains all the rules and zoning changes which are needed if the much-vaunted Auckland Plan is to be implemented. More >>
Gridlock should not be used to justify Central Rail Link
Friday, 8 March 2013, 11:50 am | No More Rates
Yesterday’s traffic gridlock should be a catalyst for a wider debate on how Auckland plans to cope with population growth. More >>
Kamikaze push for central rail tunnel must now stop
Friday, 14 December 2012, 9:56 am | No More Rates
Mayor Brown should now stop spending ratepayers’ funds on a rail tunnel which will not be needed until 2030 – or even later. More >>
Greater Wellington ‘SuperCity’ is Auckland by another name
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 10:43 am | No More Rates
Despite Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s protestations to the contrary , his Wellington Region Review Panel’s proposals for a single Greater Wellington Council are a rewrite of the original Royal Commission proposal for Auckland SuperCity. More >>
Mayor Brown’s 2.9% rates increase between 5%-10% for some
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 4:12 pm | No More Rates
Ratepayers in Auckland supercity can look forward to a lower rates increase next year, but that will be little comfort to the 169,061 ratepayers who are facing increases of between 5% and 10% - that is 37% of all ratepayers More >>
Too much political power in too few hands
Monday, 17 September 2012, 10:37 am | No More Rates
The news that Auckland Council Chief Executive, Doug McKay, is paid an annual salary of $750,000 should not come as a surprise. More >>
Commissioners at Kaipara Council a sign of things to come
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 11:18 am | No More Rates
In the end the Kaipara Mayor and Council had no option other than to request the Government to take over and sort out its problems with bankruptcy-level debt and rates increase its ratepayers were unable or unwilling to pay. More >>
Councils totally out of touch with their ratepayers
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 10:58 am | No More Rates
The decision by councils, at their annual conference, to oppose new legislation more clearly defining the purposes of local government, is clearly at odds with the demands of ratepayers across the country who have been campaigning for years to bring rate ... More >>
Auckland Council advertising misleads ratepayers
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 4:25 pm | No More Rates
The Auckland Council has been running Radio and newspaper advertisements claiming that its new rating system is ‘fairer all round’. More >>
Too many controversial items in new Local Government Bill
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 10:23 am | No More Rates
Local Government Bill needs to be split to concentrate on new fiscal controls to be placed on council rates, debt and expenditure More >>
Appeal To Party Leaders Over Rates Legislation
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 11:55 am | No More Rates
I write to ask that you give your Party’s support to this Bill which is set down for First Reading on today’s Order Paper. More >>
New legislation will control spendthrift councils
Monday, 11 June 2012, 11:14 am | No More Rates
Most ratepayers will welcome proposed changes to Local Government in the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill which will have its First Reading in Parliament this week. More >>
Auckland Council Public Consultation a meaningless process.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 6:21 pm | No More Rates
After attempting to read and understand four volumes of the Auckland Council Draft Long Term Plan [ten-year budget] I realised that to understand what I was reading would require me to search through other supporting documents. More >>
