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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hunter’s Corner
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You can’t fix infrastructure with accounting

ANALYSIS: Linking public infrastructure investment to depreciation is not as simple as it sounds.

Councils might argue their revaluations simply reflect the escalating costs of replacing the asset.

Tim Hunter Fri, 06 Sep 2024

If, as a ratepayer, you have ever wondered why your rates keep going up as services go down, the Auditor-General has felt your pain.

In the words of the A-G: “That municipal functionaries should be so insistent with regard to these additional funds is easily understandable, as it affords

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Tim Hunter Fri, 06 Sep 2024
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