Horowhenua District Council Rating Information
Simply enter a Street Address or VG Number in the fields below to search the Horowhenua District Council Rating Information Database for property rates.
The Horowhenua District is part of the Horizons region. As such, rates for the Horizons Regional Council are payable but not included in the information provided here. Information on the Horizons Regional Council rates can be found on the Horizons Regional Council website.
Rates for your property for 2025/2026
Valuations
At least once every three years every district and city in New Zealand is revalued to set the values that the council will use to charge the rates for the next three years. The latest valuations for Horowhenua properties were sent out by QV in December 2022. These values were used by Horowhenua District Council to determine rating from 1 July 2023 and will be used for determining your rates for 2025/2026. To find out more about the revaluation process, please visit our
How Will Revaluations Affect Your Rates page.
Revaluation doesn't increase the amount Council collects from rates, it just helps us to work out everyone’s share of rates. Rating valuations provide the means to share the cost of the rates across the district according to a set of property values that are provided for every property on a common date (1 August 2022). Using a common date means that every property is valued on the same basis and at the same time.
Annual Plan 2025/2026
Horowhenua District Council officially adopted its Annual Plan during a Council meeting held on Wednesday 14 May 2025, with rates set on 25 June 2025. By that date we had the most up to date data for the number of rating units, valuation of new rating units and new houses. The rates increase for 2025/26 is an average of 9.1%, lower than the 9.9% forecast in the Long Term Plan. It is still high though, and reflects the reality of the funding and financing crisis of local government.
We have remained focused on delivering services within our means, with a focus on cost savings and careful planning to reach this position. We know every dollar counts. By keeping a close eye on budgets and finding savings where possible, we’ve managed to reduce the increase while still delivering services our community relies on.
These decisions took effect from Tuesday 1 July 2025. You can find out more about the Annual Plan by visiting our
Annual Plan page, and learn more about the rates decision in our
"Let's talk rates" message from our Chief Executive.
Search Tips
If you are searching by Your Address you can:
- into the box "Type in Your Address", type in the street address number, for example "126" then continue to type in all or part of the street name, for example "Oxford";
ie type in "126 Oxford", then click on the correct address in the popup below the text entry box.
- once you have selected the correct property, click on "Show Rating Information" to show all of the available information on the selected property.
When typing the address in it may take a few seconds for it to be found.
If you are searching by VG Number, type the valuation number in the "VG Number" box; for example "1505064500", then click on the correct entry in the popup below the text entry box.
If you are searching by Assessment Number, type the assessment number in the "Assessment Number" box; for example "120857", then click on the correct entry in the popup below the text entry box.
Once you have selected the correct property, click on "Show Rating Information" to show all of the available information on the selected property.
Click on "Start Again" if you wish to start searching again from scratch, at any point.
