Mike's Minute: It's time - cap the rates and can some councils

So having looked at every council in the country and the pending rate rises we are all going to have to pay, a couple of inescapable conclusions are to be drawn.

1) We need central Government to cap rates.

2) We need fewer councils.

If you were to roughly use inflation as a guide, Waitomo and Whanganui are your only councils to get under the wire at 2.93 % and 2.2% – so congratulations to them.