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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
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Queenstown’s visitor levy a cry for reform

Some 24,000 ratepayers are funding services used by about three million tourists each year.

Oliver Hartwich
Sun, 17 Mar 2019

When Queenstown Lakes District Council announced a referendum last week on imposing a levy on visitors, it made headlines around Otago. In fact, the proposal potentially has implications for infrastructure and tax reform across New Zealand.

For many years, the resort town has been struggling to

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Oliver Hartwich
Sun, 17 Mar 2019
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