Rates

Each year Gore District residents make a financial contribution to the Council in the form of rates.

These pay for a variety of services and activities, such as the Gore Aquatic Centre and acclaimed Main Street garden plots. Rates also allow the Council to maintain our extensive infrastructural assets, such as the road you drive on each day to get to work.

Rates payment dates

We encourage people to set up their rates payment by direct debit. For those who prefer to pay in instalments, there are four due dates for each instalment.

The due dates for the 2016/17 year are:

26 August 2016
25 November 2016
24 February 2017
26 May 2017

Non-payment of rates

Unfortunately, bills get overlooked sometimes. If you do not pay your rates by the date each instalment is due, there will be a 10% penalty. A further 10% penalty is added to any unpaid rates on 1 July, following the due date. An additional 10% will be incurred every six months thereafter.

Paying your rates online

Our rating system

Rates are the Council’s main source of revenue and its rating system is capital value-based. This means that the value of your property is used to calculate the percentage you pay for certain activities. It is not used to calculated your total rates.

There are two types of rates - a general rate and a targeted rate. This table shows how much of a property's total rate is valuation-based and how much is fixed.

Rates breakdown

Merging properties for rating purposes

Merging Properties for Rating Purposes Application Form [PDF, 57 KB]

If you have bought a property in the Gore District that is beside a property you already own, you may be able to merge these properties for rating purposes.

The properties must meet the following criteria:

They must have common ownership
They must be contiguous (or separated only by a road, railway, drain or river)
They must be used jointly as a single unit

Getting a refund from us

Refund Request Application Form [PDF, 67 KB]

If you have overpaid a rates account, a dog registration, a debtors or a water account, you can apply for a refund.

Applying for a rates refund on behalf of a client

Solicitors' Rates Refund Application Form [PDF, 61 KB]

If you have a client that is ratepayer in the Gore District and they have overpaid their rates, you are able to request a refund of the overpaid rates on behalf of your client.

Please contact us by email rates@goredc.govt.nz or phone 03 209 0330 if you require more information.