Whakatāne District Council charges rates, which in turn are used to provide important community infrastructure and programmes.
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Rates are collected in a number of different areas that are made up of the following categories.
Whakatāne District
General Rates
The Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 provides that the Council must not exceed 30 percent of its total rates revenue from certain uniform rates. For 2023/24, 24 percent of the total rates revenue was collected by way of uniform charges.
- Uniform Annual General Charge - $782.89 (GST exclusive) assessed on each rating unit.
- General Rate – consists of a rate in the dollar charged on capital value for each rating unit.
The General Rate and Uniform Annual General Charge fund:
- Governance
- Exhibition, Research, Storage and Archives
- Community Support
- Halls
- Strategy and Policy
- Commercial Property
- Tradewaste
- Cemeteries and Crematorium
- Closed Landfills
- Public Conveniences
- Resource Management Consents
- Visitor Information
- Resource Management Policy
- Emergency Management
- Licensing
- Aquatic Centres
- Environmental Health
- Parks, Reserves, Recreation and Sports fields
- Regulation Monitoring
- Libraries
- Community Development
- Waste Disposal (excluding the refuse removal rate)
- Building
- A portion of Disaster Mitigation costs for Matatā
- Animal Control
Targeted Rates (Uniform Annual Charges)
You may be invoiced for certain targeted rates if the benefit or use of a service is applied to your community or rating unit.
The Following Targeted Rates (Uniform Annual Charges) may apply to your property:
- The Roading Rate
Funds the Districts roading expenditure. - The Community Board Rate
Set differentially for each area, funding the operating costs of the Community Boards. - Stormwater rates
Funded through targeted rates to the community that each scheme serves. Disaster Mitigation has also become part of the stormwater activity and is funded accordingly; however, there are some special circumstances regarding funding of Matatā disaster mitigation. - The Promotion and Economic Development Rate
Set as a targeted rate across the District on commercial/industrial properties including a fixed portion and a portion based on capital value. Properties located in the Whakatāne urban area are rated the fixed portion and a portion based on capital value. - The Refuse Removal Rate
This funds the weekly collection of Council-approved refuse/recycling bins with a differential for urban and rural/commercial properties. - Sewerage Rates
These are set on land use and provision of service. Land use is residential or commercial / industrial. Commercial / industrial is classed as any property for which the principal undertaking is any commercial / industrial activity, or is zoned commercial industrial. Commercial / industrial properties are charged per pan. - Water Rates
Charged as a targeted rate to the communities that have access. The water rates for water measured by meter are separately invoiced. Meters are read and invoiced quarterly for the Plains and Awakeri scheme and six monthly for all other schemes. The water rates invoice includes the supply charge. - For supply areas with metered water, the rate per cubic meter and supply/connection charge, read about water rates.
Changes to your Regional Council Rates collection
Anei ngā whakamārama mo ngā tāke kaunihera ki te taha o Toi Moana
You now receive a separate invoice from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and pay your regional rates to them directly.