$100,000 dinosaur sculpture causes uproar with ratepayers

There has been uproar from ratepayers following the unveiling of a $100,000 dinosaur sculpture amidst a colossal 8 percent rates increase proposed by Taupō District Council.

Sam Warren, Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers’ Union, said:

“Council just doesn’t get it—locals want the basics: roads, pipes and rubbish. Instead, they got Jurassic pork”.

“Ratepayers are staring down the barrel of extinction with an average compound rates increase of more than 17 percent in the last two years alone.”

“It doesn’t matter what era this project was approved; the fact is it should have been cancelled. Whoever let this go ahead amidst such obscene rates increases needs to rein in their dinosaur-sized egos. Councils should do the same.”