Auckland Council is putting a home under the hammer because the owner owes $318,000 in overdue rates. Rates haven't been paid on the derelect property in Otara for 19 years. However, after years of trying to get in touch the homeowner, the council managed to make contact with a relative, chief financial officer Ross Tucker speaks to Susana Lei'ataua.
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