Rates types

Wellington City Council sets two types of rates – general rates and targeted rates.

General rates

General rates are paid by all ratepayers.

The general rate funds all services provided by the Council that are not funded through a targeted rate.

These services include:

Targeted rates are paid by a specific group of ratepayers who receive a specific service - for example:

The targeted rates are:

Targeted Rate	Activity
Water	Water collection/treatment facilities, water distribution network and water conservation
Sewerage	Sewerage collection / disposal and treatment facilities
Stormwater network	Stormwater collection / disposal network
Commercial sector	Activities that benefit the commercial sector
Base sector	Activities that benefit the base (residential) sector
Downtown	Marketing and events, retail and tourism activities
Tawa driveways	Maintenance of a specified group of residential driveways in Tawa
Marsden Village	Collected on behalf of the Marsden Village Association on all commercial properties in the Marsden Village for maintenance of the area
Tawa BID	Collected on behalf of the Tawa Business Group from all commercial properties in the Tawa Bid area to fund the Business Improvement District activities
Khandallah BID	Collected on behalf of the Khandallah Village Business Association from all commercial properties in the Khandallah BID area to fund the Business Improvement District activities
Kilbirnie BID	Collected on behalf of the Kilbirnie Business Network from all commercial properties in the Kilbirnie BID area to fund the Business Improvement District activities
Miramar BID	Collected on behalf of Enterprise Miramar Peninsula Incorporated from all commercial properties in the Miramar BID area to fund the Business Improvement District activities
Sludge levy	Construction costs associated with the Moa Point sludge minimisation facility (Te Whare Wai Para Nuku)

Marketing and events, retail and tourism activities