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What estimate, if any, has been made of the increase, if any, in rates a council would need to levy in order to maintain its planned local road maintenance and renewal programme unchanged after its New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rate for the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme takes effect, broken down by council?

Answered Question 39725 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What estimate, if any, has been made of the increase, if any, in rates a council would need to levy in order to maintain its planned local road maintenance and renewal programme unchanged after its New Zealand Transport Agency normal funding assistance rate for the 2027-30 National Land Transport Programme takes effect, broken down by council?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

NZTA does not hold information on the estimated impact that changes to normal Funding Assistance Rates may have on council rates. Funding Assistance Rates and council rates are not the same thing. Funding Assistance Rates are set by the NZTA Board and determine funding contribution, in percentage terms, that NZTA (as investor) make for a land transport activity. Council rates are set independently by local authorities through their own budgeting processes. Any decisions regarding rates are matters for individual councils.