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19 Dec 2025 14:11
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  •   Home > News > National > Upper North Island

    Northland Regional Council is hoping to give ratepayers a Christmas present by pushing through a zero percent rates rise

    Northland Regional Council is hoping to give ratepayers a Christmas present by pushing through a zero percent rates rise


    Chair Pita Tipene says it's to help residents who tend to face more economic deprivation than other regions.

    He says they are still going to invest in important things, and won't be cutting any staff..

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     Other Upper North Island News
     19 Dec: Police have charged a man with murder after a death in Rotorua last week
     18 Dec: New Zealand captain Tom Latham is prepared to debut pace bowler Kristian Clarke if conditions require in the third and final cricket test against the West Indies at Mount Maunganui starting today
     18 Dec: A Northland suicide cluster presents stark revelations of rangatahi being lost in the system
     17 Dec: A fire burning at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach since Monday afternoon is now completely contained
     17 Dec: Meanwhile, Ngapuhi's is getting back Northland's historic Kororipo Pa - in the Kerikeri Basin
     17 Dec: More than a 100-thousand dollars in fines - for Waikato farms convicted of mismanaging effluent
     17 Dec: State Highway 2 is closed in western Bay of Plenty - north of Tauranga - after a crash between a truck and a car at Tanners Point - about 9am
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    Business:
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    Entertainment:
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    Law and Order:
    Two men have been arrested following a shooting that injured two others in Gore 13:07

    Politics:
    Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy 13:07

    Entertainment:
    Russell Crowe on the reappraisal of Master and Commander and its masculinity 13:07

    International:
    More photos released on eve of Jeffrey Epstein files deadline 12:57

    Entertainment:
    Christina Aguilera says her daughter prefers her as a "no-makeup mama" 12:50

    Environment:
    Further restrictions on the harvesting of spiny rock lobster in the upper North Island 12:27


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