Change your dog details
You can update your dog details using this one form for the following:
- Change of ownership
- Change of contact details or address within the Mackenzie District
- My dog and I have left the Mackenzie District
- My dog and I have left New Zealand permanently
- Update microchip details
- Update desexing details
- Let us know your dog has passed away
Update your dog's details here
Change of address
Moving within the Mackenzie District
If you're moving to a new address within the Mackenzie District or would like your postal address changed please let Council know within 14 days.
Check with Customer Services if you do not receive your renewal notice by 30 June to avoid non-renewal.
Moving to the Mackenzie District from another area
If any dog is transferred to and kept in the district of another territorial authority, other than the one in which it has been kept, for 1 month or more, the owner must, within 6 weeks of the transfer, give written notice of the transfer to both territorial authorities, setting out the address at which the dog will be kept.
It is an offence not to comply with this requirement. On conviction, a court may impose a fine of up to $500.
Please fill out our online registration form, and make sure you let your previous council know of your move.
Moving overseas
If you are moving overseas you need to let us know. You will need an export certificate.
Update your dog's details here
Change of ownership
On change of ownership of any registered dog, both the previous owner and the new owner must, within 14 days, give written notice to the [territorial authority or authorities], of the change of ownership and the residential address of the new owner and the address at which the dog will be kept, along with full contact details.
It is an offence not to comply with this requirement. On conviction, a court may impose a fine of up to $500.
If the owner's address is changed within the district, the owner must, within 14 days, give written notice of the change to the Mackenzie District Council.
Update your dog's details here
Let us know if your dog has died
It's really distressing when a much-loved pet has passed, and we understand that admin is the last thing you want to be thinking about at such a time. However, it's important to take a moment to let us know so we can update our records. Owners are legally obliged to notify councils of any change in circumstances. This also saves you the upset of receiving a fine for non-registration of a pet you're grieving for.
If the fee for the registration of a dog is paid and that dog dies, a refund will be made on request as follows:
- where a dog dies before the commencement of the year, the full fee will be refunded:
- where the dog dies during the year, 1/12th of the annual fee for each complete month remaining in the registration year after the date of application for a refund will be refunded.
The registration can be refunded:
- to a bank account
- to your rates account