Auckland rates to go up up up

The Herald reports:

Auckland Mayor is talking of selling council carparks and naming rights to swimming to help balance the books in his new 10-year .

Mr Brown released his first draft of the budget yesterday, which contains overall rates rises of 2.5 per cent in the first two years and 3.5 per cent thereafter.

But due to a plan to reduce rates at the expense of households, residential rates will increase by about 3.5 per cent in the first two years and 4.5 per cent over the next six years.

A Mayoral candidate in 2016 pledging that rates will not increase faster than inflation will easily win 'd say.

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