Rates are broken
across Aotearoa

Let's fix that.

An illustration of houses on a map of New Zealand

Key changes we want to make

Adopt Land Value Rates

Capital Value Rates is regressive, discourages new housing, and rewards landbanking. Land Value Rates can switch that around.

Abolish fixed charges

Fixed charges function as poll taxes, making life harder for low-income residents and penalizing development. They need to be scrapped.

A building breaking free of the chains of Capital Value Rates
Cities with Land Value Rates have one big issue.
Real land value rates has never been tried.
6th December 2023
An empty carpark.
21st November 2023

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