And people wonder why Auckland house prices are so expensive. Watercare are robbers. Yet another increase (I've lost count of the number of "2.5% increases" over the years), also means the house build I'm looking at doing in Snells Beach goes up again (watercare infrastructure growth charges - basically a contribution cost - are $27k, that is daylight bloody robbery) That's on top of $12k building contribution fees of course, not to mention resource consent and building consent fees. I'm totally over the council and it's only going to get worse when the unitary plan comes in (yes worse, it's more restrictive than before)
https://www.watercare.co.nz/about-watercare/news/Pages/Water-and-wastewater-price-changes-effective-1-July-2016.aspx