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LGOIMA request — rating valuation and rate-in-the-dollar data for non-rateable reclassifications

Joshua Riley made this Official Information request to Far North District Council

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From: Joshua Riley

I am making a request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. This is a new request and should be treated as such for the purposes of section 13.

For each financial year from 2021/22 to 2025/26 inclusive, please provide:

1. Either:
(a) the total land value (or, if the Council uses capital value as the basis for setting general rates, the total capital value) of rating units classified as Māori freehold land that were reclassified as non-rateable on or after 1 July 2021 and that remained non-rateable as at the end of that financial year; or
(b) if (a) is not readily extractable, the equivalent figure for all rating units that became non-rateable on or after 1 July 2021 by reason of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Act 2021.

2. The general rate-in-the-dollar (or equivalent multiplier) applicable to those rating units for that financial year, had they remained rateable.

3. The rate-in-the-dollar (or fixed charge, as applicable) for each targeted rate that would have applied to those rating units for that financial year, had they remained rateable.

The information sought consists of a small set of figures per year. The valuations are held in the Council's rating information database, and the rates set for each category are recorded in the Council's annual rates resolution and funding impact statement.

If, for any year, the figures for one item are readily available but not for others, I would welcome partial release of what is available rather than refusal of the request as a whole.

I am content to receive the data in any reasonable format, including a table in the body of an email or a CSV/Excel attachment.

If any part of this request is likely to be refused, transferred, or to incur a charge, please contact me in advance under section 13 of LGOIMA so the scope can be discussed before a decision is made.

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Far North District Council

Kia ora

 

Thank you for reaching out to the Far North District Council.

 

Your request has been forwarded to our Legal Services Team to action and
respond. Should you need to follow up on this matter, please use reference
number RFS-4300912.

 

If your matter is urgent, you can contact our Contact Centre at 0800 920
029, which operates 24 hours a day.

 

Nga mihi,
Paula.

Ask Us Customer Services Team

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Kia Ora Requester,

 

Official Information request RFS 4300912

 

Thank you for your official information request to the Far North District
Council (‘FNDC’) received on 15 May 2026 (copy attached). Your request is
being considered under the provisions of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (“the LGOIMA”).

 

FNDC notes that there are more than 2600 non-rateable accounts that would
be relevant to your request. Given this, FNDC considers that as the
request currently stands, it would be too large to reasonably process -
and would likely be refused for administrative reasons.

FNDC is of the view that the demands placed on its resources would
unreasonably interfere with its ability to carry out day – to day
operations. So, in the request’s current state, it would most probably be
refused in reliance upon section 17(f) of the LGOIMA. This provides:

Section 17 Refusal of requests

“A request […] may be refused only for 1 or more of the following reasons,
namely: […]

(f) that the information requested cannot be made available without
substantial collation or research: […]“.

  

FNDC has also looked at whether extending the timeframe and or imposing a
charge would allow it to process the request; however, it has concluded
that neither or both of these measures would alleviate the unreasonable
impact on its operations

 

Under the LGOIMA, and in line with Ombudsman guidance, you are invited to
reformulate your request.

 

Please also note, an amended request is treated as a new request for the
purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for response
(section 13(7) of the LGOIMA).

 

Nga mihi

 

   
LGOIMA Team   
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