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Speed in the Waitakere Ranges
A proposal for a change in the way that speed limits are set could mean that current speed limits in the Waitakere Ranges area are reduced.
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Who in the Heritage Area wants a rates increase?
Council is currently consulting on whether or not small rural landowners should pay more rates and large rural landowners pay less. I suspect the answer out west will be an emphatic no.
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How can Auckland Supercity reduce residential rates?
Aucklanders new rates bills are being sent this week and there are some horror stories about individuals rates increases. What can be done? Here are a few personal thoughts.
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Auckland Council and the rates rise
Reprinted from The Standard. The publicity onslaught on Auckland Council this week was somewhat predictable although it could have been handled better. There were some pretty simple mistakes made. The spending of $1,296.60 excluding GST on a small celebration after the budget passed was bound to attract attention. Clearly it did not matter how much or…
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Huia Sea Wall redux
Recent urgent action on a Pohutukawa under threat has caused some people to think that a decision to allow managed retreat at Huia has been made. This is not the case.