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      <title>Rates are going up from July</title>
      <link>https://www.innercitywellington.nz/latest-news/2023/3/1/rates-are-going-up-</link>
      <description>From WCC News&#xD;
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Wellington City Councillors approve draft annual plan budget&#xD;
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Wellington City Council has approved its draft budget for 2023/24, which includes a proposed 12.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Inner-City Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-02-28T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Rating valuations 2022</title>
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      <description>Upper Hutt property owners will soon receive a Notice of Rating Valuation with an updated rating value for their property.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2023-01-24T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Te Kaupapa Here Whakaitinga Rēti mō ngā Whenua MāoriRates Remissions on Māori Land Policy</title>
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      <description>E tūtohi ana a Te Pane Matua Taiao ki te panoni i te Kaupapa Here Whakaitinga Rēti me Whakatārewa hoki mō ngā Whenua Māori Herekore.&#xD;
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Greater Wellington Regional Council (Greater Wellington) proposes to make changes to the Rates Remissions and Postponements on Māori Freehold Land Policy. This will become known as the Rates Remissions on Māori Land Policy.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2022-03-21T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Give ‘Em The Axe</title>
      <link>https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2020/06/30/give-em-the-axe/</link>
      <description>The Wellington Football Club celebrates its 150th Anniversary in 2020 and a new book, “Give ‘Em The Axe’ has been published to mark the milestone. Written by club President and leading rugby commentator Keith Quinn, the nearly 200-page book is not your typical dry club history. Containing a photograph on almost every page the chapters...</description>
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      <dc:date>2020-06-29T20:03:14Z</dc:date>
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      <description>Greater Wellington confirmed that its 2020/21 regional rates increase would be cut from the long term plan proposed average of 6.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gw.govt.nz/council-confirms-annual-plan-and-reduced-rating-level-increase-for-2020-21/</guid>
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      <dc:date>2020-06-25T00:30:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Cricket Wellington celebrates National Volunteer Week</title>
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      <description>This week is National Volunteer Week (June 21-27) which celebrates the collective contribution of all volunteers who...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.cricketwellington.co.nz/newsarticle/91672</guid>
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      <dc:date>2020-06-22T16:20:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Council reduces rating level increase in light of COVID-19 community impact</title>
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      <description>Greater Wellington Regional Council agreed to reduce its 2020/21 regional rates increase from an average of 6.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gw.govt.nz/council-reduces-rating-level-increase-in-light-of-covid-19-community-impact/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greater Wellington Regional Council</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-06-11T03:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>University welcomes newest graduates to our alumni community</title>
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      <description>Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington acknowledges and celebrates the 2,578 graduates who would have crossed the stage next week to collect their qualifications in seven graduation ceremonies.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 00:24:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-05-07T00:24:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Kāpiti Council cutting rates increase to 2.6 per cent</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127589</link>
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      <category>rates</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-04-24T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Cutting costs, increasing rates, and holding to values</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127468</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-04-21T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Trimming the budget or increasing the rates</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127462</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127462</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-04-20T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Raise tax on well-paid until we’re through this</title>
      <link>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2020/04/raise-tax-on-well-paid-until-were-through-this</link>
      <description>The best way to share the pain of economic downturn is to lift personal tax rates for the better off, for as long as it takes to get unemployment back to pre-crisis rates, writes Dr Simon Chapple.</description>
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      <guid>https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2020/04/raise-tax-on-well-paid-until-were-through-this</guid>
      <dc:creator>Victoria University of Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-04-17T00:57:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The carnivorous giant snails of Khandallah, Wellington</title>
      <link>https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2020/04/10/the-carnivorous-giant-snails-of-khandallah-wellington/</link>
      <description>Endangered giant snails that suck up earthworms like spaghetti are living in a small colony in Khandallah. Curator Invertebrates Rodrigo Salvador tells us more.Read more

The post The carnivorous giant snails of Khandallah, Wellington appeared first on Te Papa’s Blog.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:23:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2020/04/10/the-carnivorous-giant-snails-of-khandallah-wellington/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Te Papa's blog</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-04-09T22:23:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>City Council facing revenue shortfall of $60m; it may borrow to avoid a rates increase</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127031</link>
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      <category>rates</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=127031</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-04-02T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Steve and Pirates feature on Stuff</title>
      <link>https://www.pirates.org.nz/steve-and-pirates-feature-on-stuff/</link>
      <description>A body covered in ink: Wellington swim coach talks about the prints of a wild youth.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 21:05:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.pirates.org.nz/steve-and-pirates-feature-on-stuff/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Pirates Swim Team</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-09-14T21:05:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Club prizegiving and AGM</title>
      <link>https://www.pirates.org.nz/club-prizegiving-and-agm/</link>
      <description>Thank you to all the families that attended the AGM/Prize Giving at One Fat Bird Sunday afternoon. The turnout was great on a wonderful Wellington afternoon, thanks to all for your support.

Congratulations to those that received awards and certificates.

The post Club prizegiving and AGM appeared first on Pirates.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 15:16:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.pirates.org.nz/club-prizegiving-and-agm/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Pirates Swim Team</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-12-09T15:16:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Can you afford the increase in rates?</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79413</link>
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      <category>rates</category>
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      <category>media</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79413</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-30T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Grossly misleading … the claims about increasing rates and borrowing</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79378</link>
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      <category>rates</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79378</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-29T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Skewed priorities, and a 6.1% rates increase – the ten-year plan is analysed</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79319</link>
      <description />
      <category>rates</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79319</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-26T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>“Socking the ratepayers” with higher rates</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79321</link>
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      <category>rates</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79321</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-26T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>What have they decided about rates increases – 6.1%? 4.5%? 3.8%?</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79323</link>
      <description />
      <category>rates</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=79323</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-26T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>2.5% rates increase</title>
      <link>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/2-5-rates-increase/</link>
      <description>It must be an election year.</description>
      <category>wcc</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wccwatch.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/2-5-rates-increase/</guid>
      <dc:creator>WCC Watch</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-06-27T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Playing with words</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=46052</link>
      <description>The Regional Council doesn’t want us to focus on its steep increase in rates. Instead, it hopes to distract us with the fact that it has made a small reduction in the amount of the increase which it had been planning.</description>
      <category>rates</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=46052</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-06-29T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The rates increase goes up and up, then down, then up again</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=45765</link>
      <description>The Wellington City Council has announced four different rates increases in the last four months.</description>
      <category>rates</category>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=45765</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-06-16T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Up, up and away – the city’s annual rates increase</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=44014</link>
      <description>Wellington City Councillors are having difficulty making the savings that they’ve been told are necessary.&#xD;
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Mayor Wade-Brown announced last week that they have been unable to resist their annual rates increase. They’re proposing an average increase of 4.1 per cent. But this is not what she had earlier announced. Only three weeks before, she’d said that councillors had agreed to cap the rates increase at 3.8 per cent.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=44014</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-04-12T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>We’re waiting to hear how they’ll save $180m</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=42914</link>
      <description>Wellington City Councillors spent most of last week trying to make decisions about spending. More accurately: decisions about cutting spending. For the rest of us, the issue is what they’ll decide about the rates. They’ve consistently shown enthusiasm for increasing the rates every year. As a result, as the DomPost reports this morning, Wellington’s rates increased by 86 per cent in the first decade of the new century.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=42914</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-03-12T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Setting the rates for wellington</title>
      <link>http://pepptalknz.blogspot.com/2011/06/setting-rates-for-wellington.html</link>
      <description>THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO LOOK AFTER THE HOME OWNERS ONCE AGAIN WITH THE SWITCHING OF BUSINESS RATES ONTO YOUR ( THE HOME OWNER'S) RATES BILL.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://pepptalknz.blogspot.com/2011/06/setting-rates-for-wellington.html</guid>
      <dc:creator>Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-06-20T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Keeping the rates increase to a reasonable level?</title>
      <link>http://thorndon-residents.blogspot.com/2011/04/keeping-rates-increase-to-reasonable.html</link>
      <description>Given the tight fiscal realities, the Council has been scrutinising it's front-line and back office functions. "Keeping the rates increase to a reasonable level" is the title of the invitation to submit on the Annual Plan. Have your say; tell the Council what you want ...  WCC's online questionnaire is convenient. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=4396</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://thorndon-residents.blogspot.com/2011/04/keeping-rates-increase-to-reasonable.html</guid>
      <dc:creator>Thorndon Residents Assocation</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-04-16T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The rates go up, then up and down</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=33273</link>
      <description>The Wellington City Council yesterday announced an add-on to next year’s budget – an extra $120,000 “to improve community emergency preparedness.” In the same announcement, we’re told that the average rates increase is going up to 4.4 per cent from the previously announced 4.3 per cent. Curiously, the council also tells us that rates increases for homeowners and commercial property owners will be coming down.</description>
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      <category>media</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=33273</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-03-29T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Our councilors have decided: we must pay the highest rates increase in five years</title>
      <link>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32825</link>
      <description />
      <category>rates</category>
      <category>wcc</category>
      <category>government</category>
      <category>media</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32825</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington Scoop</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-03-14T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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