Rates rise of 4% adopted; staff efforts praised
There were words of praise, but also of caution, as the Dunedin City Council yesterday locked in a 4% rates rise for the coming financial year. Councillors at yesterday's full council meeting voted to...
View ArticleRegional Council Trims Rates Increase
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 5:10 pm Press Release: Hawkes Bay Regional Council Regional Council Trims Rates Increase Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has clawed back a proposed rates increase in the Annual...
View ArticleSavings hailed in rates rise
And so it is final. Rates increases for 2013-14 were locked in at 4.8 per cent last night as New Plymouth district councillors gave the annual plan a big green tick. The only one to mark it with a...
View Article$50m social housing bid fails
A bid to get $50 million added into the city council's budget for social housing has failed amid concerns about the council's spiralling debt. The push to get the money added into council's Three Year...
View ArticleWork on budget curbs average rate rise
Regional rates and public transport fares are set to rise, but councillors have praised the efforts of staff in avoiding a much bigger increase. The Greater Wellington Regional Council adopted its...
View ArticleMassive works programs drives 5.96% rate rise (Bundaberg Regional Council)
(Source: Bundaberg Regional Council) Massive road works across the region coupled with significant water and sewerage works form the cornerstone of the $192 million capital works budget handed down by...
View ArticlePuhoi's 150 years: Settlers maintain strong Bohemian connections
Families still steeped in their culture celebrate 150 years since 83 immigrants sailed from small European villages to start new life carving out farms from thick forest with help from local Maori...
View ArticleAre you a First Class or Second Class citizen in Auckland?
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 5:23 pm Press Release: Auckland 2040 MEDIA RELEASE: AUCKLAND 2040 Attached and below: Note also at the end of this releases Auckland 2040 promises to make the Unitary Plan an...
View ArticleORC rates rise less than 3%
A decision not to invest in Tarras Water's irrigation scheme means Otago ratepayers will only see a 2.97% increase in their Otago Regional Council general rates this year. If the council had gone ahead...
View ArticleCouncil votes against $4m for cathedral
City councillors have voted against committing $4 million towards the restoration of the quake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral. The issue was raised at a meeting for the council's draft Three Year Plan...
View Article$15m eastern pool plan rejected
A bid for $15 million to fund an aquatic and recreation facility in eastern Christchurch has failed. Cr Yani Johanson asked councillors to include $15m in the budget for an aquatic and recreation...
View ArticleCycleworks speed-up plan rejected
A proposal to speed-up the construction of Christchurch's new cycleways network has been rejected by councillors. In the draft Three Year Plan councillors put aside around $70 million in the budget to...
View ArticleCycleworks speed-up plan fails
A proposal to speed-up the construction of Christchurch's new cycleways network has been rejected by councillors. In the draft Three Year Plan councillors put aside around $70 million in the budget to...
View ArticleLen Brown at Nathan Homestead for evening Mayor in the Chair (City of Auckland)
(Source: City of Auckland) The Mayor is looking forward to chatting with Manurewa locals at an informal public meeting on Wednesday 10 July. The 6.30pm meeting in the Nathan Homestead foyer is one in a...
View ArticleAuckland Council swim school takes top honours
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:13 pm Press Release: Auckland Council 26 June 2013 Auckland Council swim school takes top honours An Auckland Council-run swim school is one of the best in the country,...
View ArticleNats avoid head-on crash in Auckland with U-turn
OPINION: Chalk up a major victory for Auckland Mayor Len Brown and for the National Party's election fortunes in the country's biggest city. We will have to wait until tomorrow for full details. But...
View ArticleGreen light for link, now city pays
Aucklanders will have to find half the cost from rates or possibly congestion charges Aucklanders face a hefty rates rise or congestion charges to pay for the long-awaited Auckland City Rail Link....
View ArticleAuckland to crack down on sun beds
Auckland will be the first city in the country to license sun beds and slap an age restriction on their use. Auckland Council will require commercial sun-bed businesses to be licensed and comply with a...
View ArticleDistrict rate known today
Just how much ratepayers in the Timaru district will pay for the coming year should be known later today, with the district council due to set the rates at this...
View ArticleHorizons regional rates rise
Horizons regional rates will rise during the next year (July 2013-14) by an average of 1.75 per cent. Councillors voted yesterday on the...
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