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  •   Home > News > Local Politics

    Porirua's proposed 17.5 percent rates increase is said to indicate a tough time in local government

    Porirua's proposed 17.5 percent rates increase is said to indicate a tough time in local government


    Consultation opens tomorrow on the city's Long Term Plan -- a 10-year investment budget.

    Fifty five percent of proposed spending's due to go towards water services.

    Audit and Risk Committee Chair Warren Allen says a change in government plus an unstable economic environment has shifted things.

    He says this, without a doubt, has been the most difficult environment to prepare a long term plan.

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