WHEREAS the Kaikohe Borough Council, on the 11th day of May 1989, published in the Northern News newspaper a notice of intention to make certain rates and charges for the year commencing on the 1st day of April 1989 and ending with the 31st day of March 1990 at its meeting on the 29th day of May 1989: And whereas the notice so published, and the resolution making the said rates and charges, purported that the rates and charges were being made pursuant to the Rating Act 1967, which Act had been repealed in full and replaced by the Rating Powers Act 1988 on the 1st day of April 1989: And whereas the said notice and the said resolution incorrectly referred to the Kaikohe Borough Empowering Act 1959 instead of to the Kaikohe Borough Empowering Act 1958: And whereas the said notice and the said resolution failed to specify either the rates instead of which the consolidated rate was made or the rates excluded from the consolidated rate as required by section 58(3) of the Rating Powers Act 1988: And whereas the Far North District Council, on the 25th day of July 1990, resolved by way of special order to introduce a differential rating system, and gave public notice of that resolution by way of a newspaper advertisement appearing on the 31st day of July 1990, and passed the confirming resolution at a meeting held on the 26th day of September 1990, so that only 58 days elapsed between the publication of the initial resolution and the confirming resolution, notwithstanding that section 84(1)(e) of the Rating Powers Act 1988 requires an interval of not less than 60 days between publication of the initial resolution and passing of the confirming resolution: And whereas it is desirable that the said special order and differential rating system be validated: And whereas the Far North District Council, on the 25th day of September 1990, published in the Northern News, Northland Age, and Northern Advocate newspapers, a notice of intention to make rates and charges for the year commencing on the 1st day of July 1990 and ending with the 30th day of June 1991 at its meeting on the 24th day of October 1990: And whereas that public notice, purporting to be given pursuant to section 110 of the Rating Powers Act 1988, failed to specify the types of the rates, or the amounts of the rates, to be made at the said meeting: And whereas the Far North District Council at its meeting on the 24th day of October 1990 purported to make, by resolution, special rates of 2.19 and 5.475 cents in the dollar land value, respectively, in the Kerikeri A and Kerikeri B Urban Drainage Area on the land values appearing in the Government Valuation Roll as at the 31st day of March 1989, notwithstanding that those values had been superseded by revised rateable values effective for rating purposes from the 30th day of June 1990, and that the said rates were separate rates: And whereas the Far North District Council at its meeting on the 24th day of October 1990, by resolution, made separate rates and charges for water supply and refuse services and did not specify that those rates and charges were made pursuant to section 24 of the Rating Powers Act 1988: And whereas the Far North District Council at its meeting on the 24th day of October 1990, by resolution, made separate rates for sewerage services and did not specify that certain of those rates and charges were made uniform annual sums pursuant to section 30 of the Rating Powers Act 1988: And whereas the Far North District Council made and levied uniform annual charges for water supply on serviceable properties in the Kawakawa/Moerewa Water Supply Area, Okaihau Water Supply Area, and Kaikohe Water Supply Area in excess of the maximum of 50 percent of the charges on serviced properties prescribed by section 17 of the Rating Powers Act 1988: And whereas the Far North District Council made and levied uniform annual charges for sewerage on serviceable properties in the Kohukohu Sewerage Area, Omapere/Opononi Sewerage Area, Tapeka Sewerage Area, Kaikohe Urban Sewerage Area, Whangaroa Sewerage Area, and Whatawhiwhi/Tokerau Sewerage Area in excess of the maximum of 50 percent of the charges on serviced properties prescribed by section 17 of the Rating Powers Act 1988: And whereas the Far North District Council at its meeting on the 24th day of October 1990, by resolution, purported that the following separate rates were special rates: And whereas it is desirable that the said rates be validated: And whereas the Council resolved on the 19th day of September 1990 that the general rates be struck at a maximum increase limit of 4 percent and that any requirements in excess of this 4 percent be funded by way of operating overdraft until the monitoring of income and expenditure can be accurately determined, and that if a surplus does not arise during the course of the year then Council raise a loan for the balance: And whereas the Council, pursuant to its resolution passed on the 25th day of March 1992, raised a loan known as the Far North District Council Finance Loan 1992, in the sum of $1,400,000 for a term of 3 years, for the purpose of financing the deficit from 1990–91, not being an authorised purpose for which special loans may be raised under section 24 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 and was contrary to section 23 of that Act: And whereas it is desirable that the said loan be validated: And whereas the Council, pursuant to its resolution passed on the 25th day of March 1992, raised a loan known as the Far North District Council Restructuring Loan 1992, in the sum of $925,000 for a term of 3 years, for the purpose of financing redundancies caused by restructuring of the organisation, not being an authorised purpose for which special loans may be raised under section 24 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956: And whereas it is desirable that the said loan be validated: And whereas the provisions of the Kaikohe Borough Empowering Act 1958 have been superseded and are no longer required: