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Has this landed where we wanted it to?
That was Gisborne district councillor Kerry Worsnop s question for the table as elected members deliberated the region s rates for the next 10 years.
Worsnop pointed to an East Coast property worth $95,000 facing a rate increase of 4.3 percent, or $62, compared to a $1.22 million property in Gisborne s Lytton West, where rates would only increase by $55.
Photo: LDR / Supplied
She pointed to an East Coast property worth $95,000 facing a rate increase of 4.3 percent, or $62, compared to a $1.22 million property in Gisborne s Lytton West, where rates would only increase by $55. That just seems bizarre and ridiculous if you re trying to address affordability because that trend is perpetuated across all of the rural townships, Cr Worsnop said.
Gisborne district council hamstrung on legislation when rating forestry blocks
16 May, 2021 11:50 PM
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Gisborne District Council wants the Valuer General to address growing disparities between the rating valuation of forestry land and other land uses. Photo / Supplied-LDR
Gisborne District Council wants the Valuer General to address growing disparities between the rating valuation of forestry land and other land uses. Photo / Supplied-LDR
Local Democracy Reporter
As farms rapidly turn to forests, Gisborne district councillors say very low land valuations of forestry properties result in other ratepayers unfairly carrying the rates burden.
Gisborne s mayor says the tool used to rate forestry blocks is not realistic, while the deputy mayor says the district council is hamstrung on legislation.
Illegal dumping is rife in Gisborne and across New Zealand as ratepayers constantly foot the bill for waste abandoned on beaches, roadsides, parks and city streets.
A trailer load of rubbish collected by East Coast Ranger Graeme Atkins in July last year
Photo: Supplied / The Gisborne Herald
Gisborne district councillors say local authorities have few options after clearing trailer-loads of rubbish, including mattresses and broken TVs. They can either slap someone with a $400 fine and hope it gets paid, or take the perpetrator to court.
Gisborne councillors are calling for changes to the Litter Act 1979 to give local authorities more tools to deal with fly-tippers .
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