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DunedinJune 9

Projects possible only with rates rise

The Dunedin City Council could consider higher rates hikes to help pay for big-ticket projects including the Mosgiel pool.
Projects possible only with rates rise
Projects possible only with rates rise
DunedinJanuary 30

Pared rates rises would come at a price

Debt levels will remain higher for longer, but rates increases will be trimmed, if a revised Dunedin City Council budget to be considered next week is accepted.
DunedinMay 19

Rates up 3% as council chooses to reduce debt

Dunedin ratepayers face a 3% rates rise for the coming financial year, after a last-minute bid to trim the increase failed yesterday.
Rates up 3% as council chooses to reduce debt
Rates up 3% as council chooses to reduce debt
DunedinDecember 10

Dunedin values rise 3.1%

Dunedin values rise 3.1%
Dunedin values rise 3.1%
NewsApril 9

ORC rate rise 5.34%

A general rate increase of 5.34% is included in the Otago Regional Council draft annual plan for 2013 to 2014, which is now open to public comment.
DunedinJuly 24

Costs will rise: mayor

Ratepayers across New Zealand - including those in Dunedin - could be left to foot the bill as local government reforms drive up the cost of borrowing for councils, it has been claimed.
DunedinJuly 17

Rates hike to be ratified

The Dunedin City Council will next week adopt its long-term plan, including a rates rise of 4.9% next year, and approve an increase in the city's debt of $59.5 million in 2012-13.
Rates hike to be ratified
Rates hike to be ratified
DunedinJune 25

Plan, rates rise adopted

A 4.9% rates increase was confirmed at a Dunedin City Council meeting yesterday.
DunedinMay 19

Rates increase limited to 5%

All of the scrimping, saving and budget-stretching done by the Dunedin City Council in the past week paid off yesterday, as it managed to keep the rates increase for the next financial year at 5%.
Rates increase limited to 5%
Rates increase limited to 5%
Central OtagoApril 27

Average rates rise of 5.7% slashed from 20%

Central Otago ratepayers are facing an average 5.7% rates increase for the coming year but that had been reduced from a potential 20%.
DunedinJanuary 18

Cuts trim rates rise to 4.7%

Dunedin ratepayers burdened by a decade of hefty rate increases could finally be in for some relief, with the city council's budget heralding a softening of the annual increases in homeowners' pockets.
South OtagoDecember 23

Residents shocked by rates decision

Tokoiti residents say they are shocked and disappointed with the Clutha District Council's decision to split the cost of new sewerage systems in Benhar and Tokoiti, having 50% funded by the townships and the remainder shared across the district.
Residents shocked by rates decision
Residents shocked by rates decision
DunedinOctober 30

11.9% rates rise threat spurs DCC action

Dunedin City Council budgets are again under the microscope, as staff seek to bridge a looming shortfall threatening to push up rates by 11.9% next year.
11.9% rates rise threat spurs DCC action
11.9% rates rise threat spurs DCC action
South OtagoAugust 10

Clutha introduces new recycling charge

A new charge on the first rates bill for the financial year is confusing some Clutha district ratepayers.
QueenstownJune 24

Proposed rates rise will be under 3%

The average proposed rate increase in the Queenstown Lakes District for 2011-12 would stay under 3%, council finance general manager and deputy chief executive Stewart Burns said yesterday.
Proposed rates rise will be under 3%
Proposed rates rise will be under 3%
DunedinJune 24

Farmers to meet over rates review decision

Taieri farmers have been left considering their options - a judicial review or going to the ombudsman - after their fight to delay the adoption of a new rating review failed yesterday.
Farmers to meet over rates review decision
Farmers to meet over rates review decision
DunedinJune 20

City tractor protest

A group of irate Taieri farmers are set to drive their tractors through central Dunedin this afternoon to protest changes to how their Otago Regional Council rates are set.
North OtagoJune 15

Council meets tomorrow to set rates rise

The Waitaki District Council will finalise its 2011-12 budget tomorrow at a meeting which will set the level of any increase in the region's rates for the next financial year.
Council meets tomorrow to set rates rise
Council meets tomorrow to set rates rise
DunedinMay 10

Council identifies new cuts

A Dunedin City Council facing unpopular rates rises, and fresh from election promises of financial prudence, will tomorrow start discussing a staff report that has identified $794,300 of cuts for the next financial year.
Council identifies new cuts
Council identifies new cuts
QueenstownApril 7

District council proposes 2.74% rates increase

Queenstown Lakes District Council is proposing an average rates rise of 2.74% council chief executive Debra Lawson said yesterday.
South OtagoApril 7

Lawrence ratepayers may face rise of 10%

The draft rates rise in the Clutha district has been kept to an average 3.59%, but Lawrence ratepayers could face a rise of about 10% because of big projects in the township.
Central OtagoApril 4

Rates affordability a council priority

The Central Otago District Council's rates take will increase by 2.8% for the coming year, with swimming pools in the district soaking up 5% of the rates.The council plans to collect $21,027,063 in rates for the 2011-12 year, an increase of $577,553 on the previous year's figures.
Rates affordability a council priority
Rates affordability a council priority
North OtagoApril 1

Annual plan, rates meeting

People will get a chance to question the Waitaki District Council about its draft 2011-12 annual plan and proposed 4.55% rates increase at a meeting on Monday.
NewsMarch 18

ECan proposes no rise in rates take

Environment Canterbury is proposing no increase in its overall rates take for the next financial year.
North OtagoMarch 8

Disparities in rates present 'challenge'

An overall 4.55% increase in rates is being proposed by the Waitaki District Council in its 2011-12 draft annual plan, but some individual ratepayers face rises of 20% or more.