Letters to the editor: Rates a sensitive topic in Tauranga 8 Mar, 2021 11:00 PM 3 minutes to read Rates are a sensitive topic at the moment. Photo / Getty Images Bay of Plenty Times In your paper, Tuesday March 2, you presented a rates comparison. You show a Tauranga Capital Value of $750,000 with a $2210.00 rate take. I have an actual rates bill in front of me for a $775,000 Capital Value for $2637.52 plus regional rates, making a total of $3146.97 - which is only below Wellington and Christchurch in your comparison. May I ask when you are quoting such comparisons in the future, you say what is in and what is out and source your material directly.