The forestry sector is calling for a cap on rates increases after one forestry blocks rates bill went up 570 percent in a year.
The 1100-hectare block near Wairoa managed by agri-advisory firm Lewis Tucker was originally farmland but was bought in 2019 and planted in pines in 2020.
Lewis Tucker said in July last year the Wairoa District Council lifted the annual rates bill from $30,000 a year to $200,000.
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