An inquiry team from the Office of the Auditor-General is to meet again with Mangawhai residents refusing to pay Kaipara District Council's proposed average 31 per cent rate hike.
About 530 people attended a public meeting on Sunday to hear Nicola Whyte from the Office of the Auditor General discuss how the the audit office team was to conduct the planned review of the council.
Mangawhai Residents & Ratepayers Association chairman Bruce Rogan said analysis of what happened would not cure the rates problem.
Sunday's meeting is one of several held since the council released its controversial draft long term plan.
The council has the highest net debt per capita of the country's 67 territorial councils and the plan took an aggressive debt reduction approach with massive rate hikes. Much of the debt relates to the Mangawhai's sewerage scheme blowout after costs rose from $36 million in 2006 to $60m.