Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 22, 2020 4:09:40 GMT 12
PEOPLE 'TAKING THE MICKEY' AS UNPAID RATES RISE TO $3.5M IN ŌPŌTIKI REGION
Ōpōtiki ratepayers owe $3.5 million in unpaid rates, with some who can pay simply refusing to do so.
Over 80 per cent of this debt comes from Maori-owned land, in particular properties up the coast from Te Kaha to the Cape.
Four per cent of this written-off debt applied to general properties and 96 per cent to Māori land.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/121580665/people-taking-the-mickey-as-unpaid-rates-rise-to-35m-in-ptiki-region
Ōpōtiki ratepayers owe $3.5 million in unpaid rates, with some who can pay simply refusing to do so.
Over 80 per cent of this debt comes from Maori-owned land, in particular properties up the coast from Te Kaha to the Cape.
Four per cent of this written-off debt applied to general properties and 96 per cent to Māori land.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/121580665/people-taking-the-mickey-as-unpaid-rates-rise-to-35m-in-ptiki-region