Auckland Council has another $30 million to find with its budget deficit increasing to $325 million.
Steeper rate rises and more cuts to services are on the table to fill the gap.
Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell
But Manurewa Papakura Ward councillor Angela Dalton says talk of a 22.5 percent rate increase is deliberate scaremongering.
She spoke to Corin Dann.
