There is much myth and misinformation claiming that rates on Thames-Coromandel are far higher than on Waiheke--'They would triple' was one assertion hurled at me.
None of it is true, as council and Quotable Value data proves. For 2006/2007 total council income on Waiheke was $15,103,000 and on Thames-Coromandel $61,969.000. Waiheke has 6425 properties, Thames-Coromandel 26,480. That works out at an overall average of $2350 per property on Waiheke and $2340 on Thames-Coromandel.
If you look just at the rates component of the two incomes, which was $10,436,000 on Waiheke and $40,828,000 on Thames-Coromandel, the average per property works out at $1624 on Waiheke and $1541 on Thames-Coromandel.
Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Waiheke from the west (the end nearest Auckland)
About Me
- Nobilangelo
- My Christian name is pronounced 'noble-arn-jillo' (i.e., both o's are long, so the first two syllables rhyme with 'noble' not 'hobble'--yes, I know that's obvious, because there's only one 'b' between the 'o' and the 'i', but some people seem to see two b's, hence the English lesson). My surname is pronounced kerra-marliss. I was born, bred and educated in New Zealand, except for an international systems-engineer's course in San Antonio, Texas. I am born-again Christian, a thinker with a very practical turn of mind, a scientist with a particular interest in planet-friendly energy and neuroscience, an engineer (mechanical, industrial and IT systems), an inventor, a Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a writer and poet, a naturist, a designer in different fields, an arranger and composer of symphonic music, a multi-award-winning IT journalist, a photographer, and a practitioner at various times in other hands-on fields including building, metalwork, woodwork, stained-glass and landscaping.