Rates
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.
Rates up 3% as council chooses to reduce debt
Dunedin values rise 3.1%
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.
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.
Plan, rates rise adopted
A 4.9% rates increase was confirmed at a Dunedin City Council meeting yesterday.
Rates increase limited to 5%
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%.
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' pock