Why you pay rates
What rates pay for
- How do you decide how your work is funded?
- What do my Regional Council rates pay for?
- What work do you do in my city or district?
- Who decides what work you do?
- How can I have a say in what my rates fund?
- Why do I pay for rates when I don’t use the Regional Council’s services?
Understanding rates on your invoice
Rivers Schemes, Pump & Drainage Schemes
- What is a river scheme?
- What are the differences between the different river schemes?
- Why am I paying more than one targeted rate class for one Rivers Scheme?
- Why are some river schemes charged a higher targeted rate than others?
- How do you calculate my river scheme rates?
- Why are there two charges for the same river scheme targeted rate?
Transport
- Why am I paying for public transport when I don’t use the bus?
- How is Public Transport funded, and why has this component of my rates increased?
- Why do I sometimes see empty buses?
- Why can’t we have smaller buses?
- Aren't diesel buses harmful to the environment?
- How can I provide feedback to improve the service?