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If the GST on rates were returned to the Far North District Council instead of into Government coffers, the impending huge rates rise of 16.5 per cent would.
Far North elderly folk may have to sell their homes, or give up essentials like food and visits to the grandchildren, if a 16.5 per cent rates rise is.
Far North ratepayers face a huge 16.5 per cent rates rise as the council plays “catch-up” to help recover from the effects of recent weather events that have.