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.

Long Term Plan Amendment and Annual Plan - Proposed rates for your property for 2023/2024

Proposed (indicative) rates for the 2023/2024 Rating Year are now available alongside the current rates.

To bring these proposed changes together, your proposed rates for 2023/2024 are changing for three key reasons. The changes in your proposed rates are made up of three changes:

  1. The impact of your 2022 property revaluation.
  2. A change that Horowhenua District Council is proposing to make to how we share rates across the district.
  3. Horowhenua District Council's proposed rates increase for 2023/2024.
The proposed rates displayed are not final and should not be considered or quoted as accurate. The indicative figures are calculated as per the Long Term Plan 2021-2041 Amendment & Annual Plan 2023/2024, and the Consultation Document rating change proposal, which may be subject to change following public submissions and Council deliberation.

Proposed Rates Review changes are outlined in the Consultation Document and relate to the General Rate moving from rates charged based on land value to capital value. For more information about the changes, please view the Consultation Document available on letskorero.horowhenua.govt.nz.

Growth in the rating base (more subdivisions and houses) has the effect of reducing rates to ratepayers that were already on the Rating Database. The indicative rates have the assumption relating to growth factored in. However, if the growth is lower than the assumed growth the actual rates increase will go up. On the other hand, if growth is higher than the assumption the rates increase will go down.

Valuation Changes

At least once every three years every district and city in New Zealand is revalued to set the values on which council rates are based for the following three years. These new values are used by Horowhenua District Council to determine rating from 1 July 2023. To find out more about the revaluation process, please visit our How Will Revaluations Affect Your Rates page.

Revaluation does not increase the amount Council collects from rates, it just helps us to work out everyone’s share of rates. The rating valuation provides 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.

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.



  • Type in Your Address: Or Type in Your VG Number: Parcel Number
    Or Type in your Assessment Number:

    Disclaimer

    All due care to provide accurate Rates Assessment details have been taken.  However, the Horowhenua District Council accepts no responsibility for incorrect information that may be provided. If you find information you believe to be incorrect please contact us to discuss correcting any errors. 

    Further Help

    For further information or help, please contact us on (06) 366 0999 or email enquiries@horowhenua.govt.nz