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Councils cling to illegal millions
The Government is considering retrospective legislation to save councils having to repay up to $100 million in unlawfully collected rates. The move would deprive about 12,000 people in multiple units like blocks of flats, apartments and shopping malls of refunds worth several thousand dollars. But it could also save ratepayers from an average 2.5 per cent rate increase across the country, with councils in the worst-affected cities of Manukau and North Shore predicting increases of 4 per cent if...
Parts of Auckland are at risk of becoming "garage
cities" as desperate families increasingly rent illegal
accommodation to make ends meet, say...
Health experts are warning
against treating eczema with skin creams containing peanut
oil because of a possible link to peanut
allergy...
New Zealand News• Work?
We're taking it easy • Series
of threats to Prime Minister • 'Wedding
night rape' trial starts • Coal
merchants, growers on hop after temperatures
drop
• Leeds
streets erupt with race hate • Britian's
Tories lurching into history • Power
change spikes Bush guns • Archer's
picnic box of blank cheques
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Air NZ's foreign ownership cap to go• Montana jury meets to sentence offender
• Telemedia joins the tech-wreck
• Fisher and Paykel to split off healthcare by end of year
• Dialogue: Electricity: the untold story
• Sydney view: Distressed Rich gives One.Tel victims a laugh
IT News•
Telemedia joins the tech-wreck• Sir Gil scouts for investor to help Jade's float
• Pressure works on NZ pirates
• Computer licensing hurts school scheme
• Police to have keener listening powers in cyberspace
• Big firms seek share of server market
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