Rates in some Auckland areas will rise by up to 9.6 per cent next year under a rating policy released by Mayor Len Brown today.
Council figures show 116,000 households are now expected to face a rates increase of more than 10 per cent.
New property valuations and other factors see varying household rates rise and fall across the city.
In Albert-Eden, household rates would rise by an average of 9.61 per cent. On Great Barrier Island household rates fall by 21.85 per cent.
The overall rates rise is 2.5 per cent.
