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Auckland Council rates combine the rates of the various amalgamated local councils and the Auckland Regional Council rates. For the 2011–2012 year, ratepayers are being charged the same rate as before the amalgamation, plus a 3.94% increase, with Council noting that they had achieved a much lower rates increase than originally foreseen. [79]
In the financial year ending June 2007, Auckland City Council had operating revenue of NZ$552 million, of which 68% came from Council rates, which were NZ$859 per ratepayer on average. It expended NZ$343 million on capital projects, of which 45% went to 'transport' expenses, 19% to 'property and asset management' and 17% to 'open spaces, parks ...
The model of local government introduced after New Zealand became a British colony in 1840 had nothing in common with the tribal system practised by Māori. [2] The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, a British Act of Parliament, established six provinces in New Zealand—Auckland, New Plymouth (later to be renamed Taranaki), Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago—based on the six original ...
In early November 2022, Brown ruled out a 12% rates increase for the Auckland region in response to a NZ$270 million shortfall in the Auckland Council's budget for the 2023–24 financial year. Brown blamed the previous mayor Phil Goff for the Auckland Council's budget shortfall. [55]
In his first term as an Auckland Councillor, Watson worked to reduce Auckland Council's spending and restrict rates increases by restricting the business-class air travel of councillors to health grounds only [6] and voting against the controversial 10 year budget on 25 June 2015, which included a transport levy and 9.95% rates increase. [7]
Auckland City Council (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "City councils in New Zealand" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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Political party in New Zealand Communities & Residents Leader Christine Fletcher President David Hay Founded 1938 Preceded by Citizens' Committee Colours Blue Auckland Council 2 / 20 Auckland Local Board Members 26 / 149 Entrust trustees 5 / 5 Politics of New Zealand Political parties Elections c-r.nz Communities and Residents (C&R) is a right -leaning local body ticket in Auckland, New ...