Wellington City Council v Woolworths New Zealand Ltd (No 2) - [1996] 2 NZLR 537

Local government — Rating — Challenge by commercial ratepayers to rating differential between residential and commercial ratepayers — Powers of local councils to strike rate — Whether council breached its statutory responsibilities in not making larger alteration to the differential and striking rates — Whether council acted unreasonably — Rating Powers Act 1988, ss 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 31, 41, 51, 80, 81, 84, 85, 87, 89, 109, 110 and 111 — Local Government Act 1974, ss 223D and 223E — Valuation of Land Act 1951, s 8.