Information relating to Rates Information Request (Our ref. 891).
We have decided to release the information you have requested; - please see our answers below from the Rates team.
Please note that we are supplying the information in the format requested, however, as we do not report in this format routinely if this were to be requested again there may be a cost due to the time taken to collate this response.
Request:
Federated Farmers of New Zealand has a genuine interest in local government policy, with our provincial representatives regularly participating in council consultation processes.
We are preparing our feedback into central government’s recent Simplifying Local Government proposal, and to help us we seek information from your 2024/25 Annual Report on your council’s revenue from general and targeted rates.
My request is in two parts.
Firstly, we would be pleased if you would provide the rate revenue (exclusive of GST) from your various property categories from the general rate / uniform annual general charge and targeted rates (not including water and wastewater).
Two tables are provided below, completion of which would be very much appreciated. We have used the first character property categories from the Rating Valuation Rules to make up these tables. However, if your council reports use a different or more simplified framework (for example commercial/industrial, residential, small holdings/lifestyle, farmland) we would be happy if you were to modify the tables to that end.
Category | Total General Rates charged for 2024/25 (GST excl.) $ |
|---|---|
Arable | 51,448 |
Commercial | 440,966 |
Dairy | 202,535 |
Forestry | 10,224 |
Horticulture | - |
Industrial | 59,199 |
Lifestyle | 639,794 |
Mining | - |
Others | 126,826 |
Pastoral | 1,546,048 |
Residential | 2,653,723 |
Specialist | 82,424 |
Utilities | 2,567,524 |
Total | 8,380,712 |
Category | Total Targeted (Non-Water/Wastewater) Rates charged for 2024/25 (GST excl.) $ |
|---|---|
Arable | 10,715 |
Commercial | 725,310 |
Dairy | 48,234 |
Forestry | 4,342 |
Horticulture | - |
Industrial | 115,564 |
Lifestyle | 426,120 |
Mining | - |
Others | 120,846 |
Pastoral | 399,953 |
Residential | 3,680,399 |
Specialist | 21,045 |
Utilities | 497,055 |
Total | 6,049,584 |
Secondly, we are interested in the extent to which your council utilises uniform annual general charges.
We would appreciate it if you would advise the percentage of total rate revenue allocated as uniform annual charges, whether general or targeted, in terms of the calculation required by section 21 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002.
Report on 30% Cap (Section 21 LGRA) | |
|---|---|
Uniform Rates as a Percentage of Total Rates | 17.71% |