Rates

Mayor Len Brown says the new transport levy is proof the emphasis of the budget is on clearing the city's gridlock. Audio

Auckland homeowners will pay an average of just over 200 dollars a year more in rates from next month, with thousands facing a hike of more than a thousand dollars. Audio

Some Aucklanders will pay more than a thousand dollars a year extra in rates under the Supercity's ten year plan passed narrowly by councillors last night. Audio

Rates rises averaging ten per cent are a reality for Aucklanders after the council's ten year budget scraped through with a one vote margin. Audio

Mayor Len Brown's 10-year budget has been passed 10-9. We talk to David Thornton of No More Rates about what he took away from today's Council meeting. Audio

A hefty rate rise for Aucklanders, including a new transport levy is expected to be signed off by the Auckland Council today. Audio

Auckland households will pay $115 a year extra in special rates for a plan the government says is misguided and which it won't help to fund. Audio

How much belt tightening, lack of pay rises, and rates increases can people take? Audio

Christchurch's proposed rates hike of 28-percent has passed its first hurdle. Audio

Rates in Christchurch could rise 26 percent over the next three years as part of a proposal from the city council to meet a 1.2 billion dollar budget shortfall. Audio

Councils are looking at how to get more money out of ratepayers. Local Government New Zealand published a list of ideas about how to do it yesterday. As well as the usual water metering and other user… Audio

Water and sewage meters, and getting royalties from mining are among options being looked at to lessen councils' reliance on rates. Audio

Water and sewage meters, and getting royalties from mining are among options being looked at to lessen councils' reliance on rates. Audio

Local Government New Zealand is backing demands made by Northland Regional Councillor and former MP Dover Samuels that Māori landowners pay their rates. Audio

Next year's rates bills for Auckland households could go even higher with another round of add-ons still to be decided next year. Audio

The Auckland Council's decided not to cap rates rises. This could see some households paying an incredble 40 per-cent more. Audio

Aucklanders' rates will rise by average 3-point-5 percent next year, one percent more than expected. Audio

Aucklanders face a higher than expected rates rise next year. Audio

An Auckland landowner has sold his farm for nearly 38 million dollars, claiming he was pushed to it by ITS high rates. Audio

Panic over property prices and rising rates in Auckland; political ploys with the Official Information Act - and what a review of compliance might uncover; changes at NZ's biggest radio and newspaper… Audio