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Todd Niall12:58, May 25 2021 David White stuff.co.nz Meeting Auckland's goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030 "will be tough", but it is achievable, the mayor says. Auckland councillors have voted in the proposed five per cent, one-off rates rise, arguing the city needs to keep investing in infrastructure, even when revenue has taken a hit from Covid-19. Four voted against stepping up from the initially-planned 3.5 per cent rise - councillors Greg Sayers, Wayne Walker, Sharon Stewart and John Watson. The chair of the finance and performance committee Desley Stewart said even at five per ...

Amid Covid-19 recovery measures, ratepayers can expect yearly rates increases for a decade.

Auckland ratepayers will pay 5 percent more this year, and a cumulative increase of more than 40 percent over the next decade, as the council fixes the growing city's assets and pays for new infrastructure.

Hill Street back on agenda Pressure group Fix Hill Street Now posted billboards decrying the fact Hill Street was absent from Council’s 10-year budget.     Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers says the Hill Street intersection looks likely to figure in Auckland Council’s 10-year budget, following a meeting with the Auckland Transport board of directors.      Late last week, Cr Sayers says he has secured indications from the board that $7 million will, in all probability, be set aside to purchase land and secure a resource consent to upgrade the troubled intersection. This will mean the ...

Auckland Council plan rate rises of up to 23 per cent for thousands of homes 4 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Auckland Council's latest budget has a sting in the tail for more than 8000 property owners facing proposed rate increases of between 16 per cent and 23 per cent. Mayor Phil Goff's 10-year budget contains an average rate increase of 5 per cent this year and 3.5 per cent thereafter. However, a group of 7500 households and businesses in rural towns face a one-off average rate increase of 16 per cent from July this year, or about $430. A smaller group of 616 peopl...