The Auckland City Council has proposed raising the charge for rubbish collection this year from $195 to $222 (to pay for its flash, hi-tech recycling facility it says). It has also proposed raising the uniform annual general charge (UAGC) from $99 to $154. A combined rise of $82 in the fixed charges for residential properties outside the CBD.
The Thames-Coromandel District Council has also proposed raising its rubbish charge, from $102.72 to $109.16, which is an exorbitant $6.44 (ayone who does not have a rubbish collection does not, of course, pay anything).
(Please don't tell the people who think TCDC's rates are over the top and ACC's are far better.)
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.