PHOTO: OSSIAN BEE/SUPPLIED – Church of Scientology Auckland $16 million is predominantly non-rateable.
OPINION: If a church can afford to drop $10 million on central Auckland real estate, then fund $6 million worth of improvements, it should be paying rates.
I’m talking about the Church of Scientology’s spending splurge when it arrived in New Zealand’s biggest city.
While some of the region’s poorest fret over Auckland Council’s demands each year – wondering why their rates have gone up and how they’re going to pay – the Scientologists, reportedly worth billions, get off largely scot-free.
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