RECLAIMING HASTINGS:

A CALL FOR CHANGE

Hastings is in crisis.

Our city is in bad shape. Rates keep increasing way beyond the rate of inflation. Debt has gone from $83 million in 2015 to $489 million in 10 years. Ratepayers and businesses are struggling.

In the past year alone, residential rates have surged by nearly 19%.

Despite record debt and declining services, the council continues to treat Hastings property owners as an unlimited source of revenue.

Arrogance has replaced accountability.

Ratepayers should not be funding projects that burn through your money.

We will be stopping spending on nice-to-haves until our finances are stable. Instead we will champion commerce, entrepreneurship and common sense governance - the true foundations of a thriving regional city.

We need a council that gets back to basics - prioritising essential services, controlling spending, and upholding financial responsibility.

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LET'S REBUILD HASTINGS TOGETHER

We are a group of INDEPENDENT candidates running in the Hastings Local Council Election 2025, who TOGETHER will bring common sense back to the Council table

Hastings deserves independent councillors who stand for affordable rates, responsible spending, safer streets, and better leadership, free from party politics.