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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