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Loss of elected reps in Ak could cost ratepayers
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:36 am | No More Rates
If the Local Government Commission’s draft reorganisation proposals are put in place ratepayers in the Auckland region will be faced with a savage reduction in the number of elected representatives who they elect to control and influence expenditure ... More >>
NoMoreRates ask PM to remove GST from rates
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 10:47 am | No More Rates
I have today emailed Prime Minister John Key asking that GST be removed from council rates as from 1st July 2010. More >>
Crisis approaching for local council funding
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 10:45 am | No More Rates
Few North Shore ratepayers will support their Mayor’s view that there should be no legislation to limit council rate increases – particularly as North Shore City Council recently approved the highest rates increases in the Auckland Region. More >>
Ratepayers should not for costs of Queen’s Wharf
Friday, 19 June 2009, 2:59 pm | No More Rates
The decision by Auckland City Council to fund the Queen’s Wharf development from ratepayers’ funds is totally unimaginative and totally unacceptable. More >>
Budget Puts Pressure On Local Councils
Friday, 29 May 2009, 10:08 am | No More Rates
The grim economic picture painted in the Budget must cause local councils to re-examine their own draft budgets and keep rates increases at or below the cost of living index. More >>
Board must consider implications for rates
Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 2:03 pm | No More Rates
Auckland reorganisation must focus on achieving cost reduction and a halt to the huge council rates increases of the past few years. More >>
Referendum on SuperCity would not give the answer
Saturday, 25 April 2009, 1:18 pm | No More Rates
The idea of a referendum on SuperCity is, at first sight, an appealing proposal to be promoting. More >>
Future Governance Of Auckland And Rates
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 3:11 pm | No More Rates
Removal of one tier of local government should mean rates can be held to the rate of inflation. More >>
NoMoreRates starts Royal Commission revolt
Friday, 3 April 2009, 3:19 pm | No More Rates
NoMoreRates has this morning sent out hundreds of email to its supporters around the country urging them to tell their MPs and the Government to slow down on any moves to implement proposals from the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance. More >>
Representation, Rates and Roles: Report
Monday, 30 March 2009, 10:19 am | No More Rates
Representation, Rates and Roles are the major concerns in Royal Commissions Report More >>
Ratepayers will carry losses on Beckham fiasco
Friday, 20 February 2009, 10:44 am | No More Rates
The Auckland Regional Council should not be promoting or sponsoring commercial events if they involve possible losses or costs to ratepayers. It is typical bureaucratic spin for the ARC to claim that the $1.8 million loss on the David Beckham show will ... More >>
Calls for freeze on elected local authorities pay
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 4:02 pm | No More Rates
Following the Prime Minister’s proposal to you that there should be no pay increase for Members of Parliament in the current year, due to the critical international financial crisis, I urge your Authority to make a similar decision in relation to ... More >>
David Thornton on SuperCity speculation
Friday, 16 January 2009, 12:23 pm | No More Rates
London Mayor model not suitable for Auckland unless major funding is provided by central Government. More >>
Ministers strong words to councils good news
Monday, 8 December 2008, 1:19 pm | No More Rates
The new Minister for Local Government is giving the lead, which many councils need, to bite the bullet on spending and to acknowledge that ratepayers pockets are not bottomless. More >>
ARC gambled with ratepayers funds - and lost.
Monday, 8 December 2008, 10:26 am | No More Rates
Most ratepayers will be appalled that the Auckland Regional Council has funded and underwritten the David Beckham soccer game at Mt Smart Stadium last Saturday. More >>
Rodney Rates victims should blame Government
Monday, 11 August 2008, 1:16 pm | No More Rates
Time is running out for sustainability of rating system. News that some Rodney District business ratepayers are being hammered with huge council rates increases is likely to be echoed by ratepayers around the country when the rates bill comes through the ... More >>
Minister rejects many Rate Inquiry recommendations
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 3:57 pm | No More Rates
Local Government Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, has advised me that the Government has rejected several key recommendations of the Rates Inquiry which reported almost exactly one year ago. More >>
Key offers different attitude to funding local gov
Monday, 28 July 2008, 5:06 pm | No More Rates
Hot on the heels of the Government’s negative attitude to funding Local Government a spark of optimism sprang to light at the Local Government this afternoon with National Leader John Key’s speech. Particularly those policies surrounding council rates. More >>
PM delivers more body blows to ratepayers
Monday, 28 July 2008, 1:33 pm | No More Rates
Ratepayers who looked to the Rates Inquiry for some long term relief from crippling rates bills are in for huge disappointment. The Rates Inquiry gave its report to the Government a year ago and at last we are being told that the Government is offering ... More >>
Nelson City Council 12/% rates increase outrageous
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 2:24 pm | No More Rates
The decision this morning by Nelson City Council to approve a rates increase of 11.95% will be a crippling blow to those on low and fixed incomes in the Nelson area. More >>
