Why you pay rates
Councils explained
What rates pay for
- How do you decide how your work is funded?
- What do my Regional Council rates pay for?
- 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?
- Why do I pay for some targeted rates when I don’t use that service?
Understanding rates on your invoice
Rivers Schemes, Pump & Drainage Schemes
- How does Regional Council manage the schemes?
- What are the rivers and drainage schemes?
- What are the differences between the different river schemes?
- Why am I paying more than one targeted rate class for one rivers and/or drainage scheme?
- Why are some schemes charged a higher targeted rate than others?
- How do you calculate my rivers and drainage scheme rates?
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?
- What measures are being taken to ensure public transport is cost-effective?
- Why do I sometimes see empty buses?
- Why can’t we have smaller buses?
- Aren't diesel buses harmful to the environment?
Quayside Holdings Limited
- What is the Quayside Holdings Limited reduction on my invoice?
- Why is the dividend only applied to general rates rather than targeted rates?
- What is Quayside Holdings Limited?
- Why is the reduction shown larger than the general rates amount I’ve been invoiced?
- How has the reduction on my invoice been calculated?
- I receive a remission so can I receive the reduction as a refund?