Rates

The CEO of the Queenstown Lakes District Council Mike Theelen has just been awarded a 15.5% pay rise to $479,486, which Peter says has produced considerable community backlash given the current rate… Audio

The typical Wellington residential rates bill will be $3000 more expensive by 2028. Audio

Ashburton is looking at an 11.8% rate increase in year 1 but it's down to core infrastructure and inflation.  Audio

Buller District residents were warned a couple of months ago that they could be facing an astronomical rates increase, Westport News reporter Ellen Curnow says that's now been pared back a bit and… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Seismic cracks and new earthquake-related infrastructure rules are causing havoc with Wellington City Council's budgets and long term planning. Audio

Aucklanders could be facing a double-digit rates hike next year, as the city council again looks at how to cover costs. Earlier this year, council put rates up by 7.7 percent as part of a plan to plug… Audio

Aucklanders are facing even bigger potential rates rises and service cuts. The council's budget shortfall for the next financial year is expected to reach 375 million dollars, up from $295m. And on… Audio

Aucklanders' water bills are about to go up. Watercare plans to increase the cost of water by almost 10 percent. Felix Walton has more. Audio

"A battle against rate rises and service cuts" - Auckland councillors have been debating how to plug a $270 million financial hole.

Mayor Wayne Brown is determined the burden won't be passed on to… Video, Audio

Rising rates are giving Aucklanders a lot to rant about, and it is clogging up the council call centre.

This year the city had an average general rates rise of 3.5 percent with a climate change levy… Video, Audio

Market analyst Jeffrey Halley joins the show to explain what stagnation is and why we don't need to start worrying about depression just yet, despite the economic outlook globally looking challenging… Audio

Aucklanders may need to pay higher rates to deal with the financial trouble the council is facing.

Last year Auckland council agreed to cap annual rates rises at three-and-a-half percent for the next… Video, Audio

Last year saw the meteoric rise of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a form of digital provenance. However, senior market analyst at Oanda, Jeffrey Halley, says NFTs are reaching peak hype, and their… Audio

On the Panel this morning are Mike Williams and Janet Wilson. They look at whether the media are giving new National leader Christopher Luxon a fair go, the billion-dollar climate action package, and… Audio

On the Weekend Panel this morning are Josie Pagani and Bernard Hickey. Among other issues, they take a look at the rates hikes in Wellington, ties (or lack thereof) in our Parliament, and Air New… Audio

A rates hike of 14% to 17% could be on the table for Wellington ratepayers. Audio

Three Minutes Max, New Zealand commentators with succinct opinions. Commercial developer and infrastructure owner Wayne Brown shares his thoughts on how Covid-19 challenges Auckland's place in the New… Audio

Tauranga is one of the fastest growing areas of New Zealand but with that is growing gang war and a massive rates hike. Audio