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Goff's plan to make Aucklanders wear more taxes goes down like a lead balloon

“Ratepayers have shouldered the responsibility for the city's growth for too long" – Goff 

Sally Lindsay and Jason Walls
Tue, 29 Nov 2016

Auckland mayor Phil Goff’s plan to tax tourists’ accommodation is not carrying much truck with the Tourism Industry Association.

“It’s an unfair and ill-conceived idea,” says association chief executive Chris Roberts.

The tax is part of a raft of plans Mr Goff is putting in place to raise new

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Sally Lindsay and Jason Walls
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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