Rethinking council rates: how should we measure affordability?
ANALYSIS: The debate around rates affordability and rates capping is set to intensify.
New Zealand's ratepayers are feeling the squeeze. With some councils implementing annual rates increases between 5% and 10%, the pressure on household budgets has reached a tipping point that can no longer be ignored by policymakers.
Auckland ratepayers face an average residential rates bill of
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