Your rates in 2025/2026

Each year we produce a Draft Annual Plan that details the proposed level of rates for the next financial year, along with the details of how services will be funded and provided. The rates are set in July of the rating year.

Rates are based on a combination of the property’s land value (as assessed by Quotable Value New Zealand Limited) and the characteristics of the property. Every property in the district is allocated to one of four groups called differentials. Rates include a uniform annual general charge (UAGC). The four differential groups are:

Group 1 – Commercial/industrial properties.
Group 2 – Residential properties 1ha or less.
Group 3 – Small holdings (1ha to 4ha).
Group 4 – Farmland (greater than 4ha).

Targeted rates are fixed charges for water supply, sewage disposal and refuse collection. Only properties that receive these services pay the charges. We calculate and levy these charges separately from general rates.

We collect rates on behalf of the Taranaki Regional Council and this is itemised separately on your rates statement.

It will depend on the land-value of your property but the median adjustment is $102 for the year, although some may receive more and others less.

The decision was to provide an automatic remission for all residential ratepayers of 0.026230586 cents (GST incl) per $1 of residential land value (or $26 incl GST per $100,000 of land value).  

The remission will be applied to quarter one bills (due for payment 27 August).

The remission is applied to the general rate only and not any targeted rates or Taranaki Regional Council rates.  See what will look like on your bill.

We wanted ratepayers to receive the remission immediately and get the full benefit up front, so decided to apply it in full in quarter one.

The remission applies to all residential properties. Your direct debit amount will be adjusted to reflect this. You will receive correspondence about this.

No. Find more about the rates rebate application process Rates rebates

• The Uniform General Annual Charge (UAGC), paid by all property owners, has been reduced from $150 to $99. This means owners of properties with a lower rateable land value pay a smaller proportion of rates. The UAGC helps cover the cost of services we all use. 
• The differential for commercial/industrial property owners has dropped, reducing their share of the rates burden. Previously they paid four times that of residential ratepayers, now reduced to three. Residential and small holdings will make up a greater proportion of rates as our population grows and housing expands.

Use the property search. 

See how we set and use rates. 

 

We've outlined the issues and our response to them here:

• Urgent mayoral review uncovers significant error in reporting residential rates increase (17 July) 
• Mayor and Councillors give residential ratepayers a credit
• Read the agenda, minutes and view the video of the debate on our website. 

There was no financial impact on ratepayers from two of the errors which required the wording of the minute, to be corrected:

1. Minute from 13 May 2025 incorrectly included GST-exclusive figures instead of GST inclusive. This was corrected at the Extraordinary Council meeting on 1 July.
2. A minute relating to the restricted water flow charge being per SUIP instead of per cubic metre. This was corrected at an Extraordinary Council meeting on 22 July.

The third error, which related to using incorrect assumptions about the average land value and number of residential properties, resulting in an average residential rate increase of 12.8% not 9.9%.  The fix approved by the Mayor and Councillors on 22 July was to give residential ratepayers an automatic remission. This cost $3.1m and NPDC will need to find organisational savings to cover this.  

No one person. There is a team of people that produces and reviews the report to council which was also approved by Audit NZ.

We are taking implementing improvements following the Mayor’s independent review of our annual planning process including: