Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 10, 2016 17:41:34 GMT 12
Mayors hear Government plan to wipe rates debt on unused Maori land
Mayors gathered to hear the Government's plan to wipe rates debt on unused Maori land, in line with other land reforms to be introduced to Parliament.
To qualify, Maori land owners would either have to prove to councils the were committed to developing land, or adversely, that there was little prospect of the land ever being used or occupied.
Gisborne mayor Meng Foon said there was $65 million in outstanding rates on Maori land across the country, according the minister's numbers - $4 million of that debt was in his district…..
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/77737140/Mayors-hear-Government-plan-to-wipe-rates-debt-on-unused-Maori-land
Mayors gathered to hear the Government's plan to wipe rates debt on unused Maori land, in line with other land reforms to be introduced to Parliament.
To qualify, Maori land owners would either have to prove to councils the were committed to developing land, or adversely, that there was little prospect of the land ever being used or occupied.
Gisborne mayor Meng Foon said there was $65 million in outstanding rates on Maori land across the country, according the minister's numbers - $4 million of that debt was in his district…..
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/77737140/Mayors-hear-Government-plan-to-wipe-rates-debt-on-unused-Maori-land