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Council Spends $6.49m for "River Dream" Buildings valued at $4.3m

Council Spends $6.49m for "River Dream" Buildings valued at $4.3m

October 12th 2018 On the eve of a national conference for ratepayer groups gathering to address serious concerns over "out of control" spending by councils', Hamilton Residents & Ratepayers Association President Read more

Principles

Principles

August 26th 2018 The Dilbert Principle Based on a cartoon about office workers by Scott Adams, this rule states that companies tend to systematically promote their least competent employees to management (generally Read more

Where does the money come from?

Where does the money come from?

August 26th 2018 Most of the debt is owed to the Local Government Funding Agency Ltd (LGFA). This may sound like a government department, but it is actually a private company. The ownership is mainly (80%) a group of Read more

Claudelands Events Centre

Claudelands Events Centre

August 26th 2018 The building cost $68.5 million and opened in 2011. According to the council-commissioned 2009 business case, it was supposed to host 316 events in its first year and generate a $1.1 million surplu Read more

Adding insult to injury

Adding insult to injury

August 26th 2018 The plight of Pokeno homeowners is appalling. Four families with their life-savings tied up in their houses are being held to ransom by Waikato District Council. Resembling Tauranga’s Bella Vista Read more

Toilet Tax

Toilet Tax

August 26th 2018 Auckland Council is proposing a toilet tax. Its purpose is to raise a billion dollars over the next twenty years to pay for a new sewer line needed now. After decades of underfunding infrastructure Read more

Council's Business Cycle

Council's Business Cycle

August 26th 2018 One principle of business cycle economic theory is that governments can take a longer term view than the free market, and can act in an opposite way to the business cycle. When the economy is in Read more

Hamilton City Council Under Review

Hamilton City Council Under Review

August 26th 2018 The Hamilton Residents and Ratepayers Association Incorporated is a group of people who want the best for our city. Hamilton is a great place to live and work, and we want it to get better. None of Read more

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