Types of charges

General rate

The general rate funds the majority of the Council's expenditure. It is based upon the land value of property and is calculated based on a system of differential rating.

Uniform annual general charge

The Council also levies a uniform annual general charges across all rating units in the District. A rate of $234 will apply to each separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit. Those activities included in the charge are Leadership Rate Collection, Civil Defence (50%), Economic & Social Development (65%), Waimarama Seawall (10%) and Wastewater Treatment (20%).

Community and Resource Management Rate

This rate funds the first 35% of the community services and resource management budgets.

Targeted rates

Community Services & Resource Management Rate

Set as a fixed amount per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit to fund 35% of council's planning/regulatory functions and community facility provision. This rate will be set on a differential basis and based on the location of land within the district.

Rates for 2017/18 are:

 Havelock North promotion

The rate for the 2017/18 year is 0.1533 cents per dollar of land value.

The Havelock North promotion rate is set on the land value of all commercially rated units located within the Havelock North Promotion Rate Map (pdf 3138KB)

The funds are used to market and promote the central Havelock North commercial area.

Havelock North parking

The rate for 2017/18 per separately used or inhabited part is:

• Residential $23 per rating unit
• CBD commercial/other commercial $69
• All others $23

Set differentially as a fixed amount on every separately used or inhabited rating unit located within the Havelock North Parking Map (pdf 2413kb).

The funds are used to fund parking in the Havelock North central business district.

Hastings City Marketing Rate

The rate for the 2017/18 year is 0.2543 cents per dollar of land value.

Set on the land value of all commercially rated units within the Hastings City Marketing Rate map.

The funds are used to fund the marketing programme to revitalise the Hastings central business area.

Central Business District targeted rates

The rate for the Hastings central business district for 2017/18 is 0.1224 cents per dollar of land value.

The rate for the Havelock North central business district for 2017/18 is 0.0586 cents per dollar of land value.

The funds are used to fund major city centre upgrades.

• Hastings CBD map (PDF 1981 KB)
• Havelock North CBD map (PDF 976 KB)

Security patrols

The rate for Hastings for 2017/18 is 0.1135 cents per dollar of land value.

The rate for Havelock North for 2017/18 is 0.0681 cents per dollar of land value.

Set on the land value of rating units defined on Council map “Security Patrol Areas”, to fund the provision of security patrols in the central business areas of Hastings and Havelock North.

• Hastings security patrol map (PDF 4783 KB)
• Havelock North security map (PDF 976 KB)

Waimarama Sea Wall

The purpose of the proposed rate is to fund renewal costs, the cost of the maintenance to the rock placement (Northern & Southern Extension) and to set aside emergency funds.

The rate is set on a 3 tier differential basis with beachfront properties paying two thirds and non beachfront properties paying one third spilt 23% and 10% within the respective differential classifications (zones) – refer map ‘Waimarama Seawall Differential classifications'.

The rate is set on a uniform basis on each rating unit within the targeted rating area defined on map ‘Waimarama Seawall differential classifications’ which defines where the land is situated. The rate within each differential group is:

• Zone 1: $270.00
• Zone 2: $197.00
• Zone 3: $72.00
• Waimarama Seawall Zone 1-3 (pdf 2693 KB)