West Coast ratepayers face 16.42% rates rise
West Coast ratepayers will be walloped with a 16.42 percent rates increase after reluctant agreement today by the regional council.
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West Coast ratepayers will be walloped with a 16.42 percent rates increase after reluctant agreement today by the regional council.
An increase in environmental complaints to the West Coast Regional Council has been dismissed as whinging and moaning by councillor Allan Birchfield, who was sacked as the chairperson in April.
An $11 million boost to improve vulnerable sections of the state highway network on the West Coast has been welcomed. The budget announcement of ...
At this stage, kiwifruit is not listed in the council's pest management plan.
Wild kiwifruit are beginning to emerge across the West Coast, with an infestation on the Karamea River and evidence it is now present throughout South Westland.