Types of rates

We use different types of rates to help fund our activities. There are five rates (general, transport, economic development, stadium and river management) that apply to the whole region. Other rates apply to specific areas within the region.

General rate

The general rate is set to fund activities that reflect "public good". The general rate is different from targeted rates, which are intended to recover costs of particular activities from particular groups.

The general rate is spread across the whole regional community and funds activities such as managing resources, environmental education, managing emergencies, managing harbours, managing regional parks and recreation areas. The general rate is used to help fund all groups of activities except for water supply, regional transport or the regional stadium.

Regional transport

This rate funds our expenditure for the region's public transport services, transport infrastructure and transport planning activities.

River management

This rate funds local community contributions to river maintenance and flood protection improvements.

Stadium purposes

This rate meets the annual cost of servicing and repaying the loan raised to fund our contribution to the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust.

Bovine Tb

This rate is set on a uniform land area basis on properties where rateable land is 10 hectares or more and in areas where there are current vector control programmes.

Wairarapa schemes

These rates are set on specific properties within some thirty river management, catchment and drainage schemes within the Wairarapa Constituency. These schemes fund the local community contributions to river maintenance, flood protection and land management activities within these areas.