New Zealand had varying degrees of LVT over the course of 100 years. The main takeaway from this thesis[1] is that it is difficult to get all parties on board a

New Zealand had varying degrees of LVT over the course of 100 years. The main takeaway from this thesis[1] is that it is difficult to get all parties on board and that the concessions required prevented the tax policy from being effective. At a national level it was abolished in 1990. Some local councils continue to collect local rates using a tax on unimproved land value but this can't be described as Georgism. 1. THE USE OF LAND VALUE TAXATION IN NEW ZEALAND (1891 – 1991) By Dylan Hobbs https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10063/9006/thesis_access.pdf https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/bitstream/handle/100...