Government / March 2011
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Leggett leading the way…
- WCC Watch
- Porirua’s new Mayor, Nick Leggett, has fronted a video encouraging people to make submissions on the council’s Draft Annual Plan. A fantastic example of how local body politicians can engage with their constituents…
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The rates go up, then up and down
- Wellington Scoop
- 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.
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Tsunami threat in Wellington
- WCC Watch
- I’m not going to try and cover this in depth, but seeing yet another tsunami story in the paper reminded me of this excellent post on Eye of the Fish. It should be required reading before anyone jumps to conclusions. Enjoy.
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Morrison: Zealandia a ‘bottomless pit’
- WCC Watch
- Interesting story in the Dom Post today, it looks like the Zealandia board are going to go crawling back to council asking for up to $700,000 in extra funding.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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First the Greens, now Labour…
- WCC Watch
- Ian just can’t decide which colour he is…
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Council votes to increase rates burden
- WCC Watch
- The council has been deep in discussions around the draft annual plan for some weeks now, and reports are starting to emerge of a very strong left/right divide, and the numbers might surprise you.
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How they voted on wellington's rates
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Rates up by 6.
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New council column
- WCC Watch
- Salient, the Victoria University student magazine, has a new column this year, written by Kate Pike – Kate Follows Celia.
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Time for homeowners to speak up loudly about the rates burden, urges councilor
- Wellington Scoop
- With the Wellington City Council’s Funding, Activities and Revenue working party finishing its deliberations, the prospect of homeowners being asked to shoulder the rates burden again is almost a foregone conclusion. That will mean another zero rates increase to the owners of commercial buildings and another seven percent increase for home owners.
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