Are you fine with a 5.25% rates increase?
The proposed average rate increase
for the next four years for ratepayers is 5.25 per cent after allowing 1.0 per cent for growth. The council says it's to pay for the Transmission Gully Motorway link roads and "smoothing the peaks and troughs" that will occur over the next four years as it balances its budget by 2021/22.
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Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
🎉 2026 is almost here!
We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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10.5% Yes! New Year, New Me
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19.7% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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69.7% Nah - not for me
Scam Alert: Fake information regarding December Bonuses from MSD
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