Category: Rates

Jan Gyenge (pronounced Jen Ga) organised a rates rally at 8.00am Thursday 26th of June, outside the Tauranga City Council building. The council was due to meet at 9.30am to vote on the annual plan for 2025-26, which includes a 9.9% rates increase. Most people in Tauranga can not afford a 9.9% rates increase. Around…

Local Tauranga resident Jan Gyenge (pronounced Jen Ga), organised a rates rally for concerned Tauranga residents on Sunday 18th of May, 2025. The rally started at 1.00pm at Memorial Park, with a speech by local ACT MP Cameron Luxton. Thanks Cameron for a very good speech. Jan led an orderly march up Devonport road, stopping…

I have made up this submission tool for anyone wanting to put in a submission. The submission tool covers both the annual plan, local water done well, and the development contributions policy. Also refer to the council consultation document. Submissions close on Monday the 28th of April. The council submission form is very narrow, and…

The council has been very busy. They have approved the next phase of the library building. They are soon going to approve the next phase for the museum, and they are warming up to approve the aquatic center. All wonderful stuff, except for the poor starving ratepayers who are going to have to pay for…

The total average residential rates, including water and Regional Council rates by 2034 is estimated at approximately $12,000 per year, or higher. The average Tauranga City Council residential rates are approximately $3500. If we add average Regional Council rates (approx. $600), and average water rates (approx. $600), the total average residential rates for 2024 are…