55804 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government

Written Question

Published date: 15 Dec 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	55804 (2025)
Question asked:	01 Dec 2025
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister of Local Government
Minister replying:	Hon Simon Watts
Answer received:	09 Dec 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_55804_2025
Document guid:	f4fcec42-4ede-4d01-be09-9d212c3c40eb

55804 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government: What support, if any, will the Department of Internal Affairs provide to small and rural councils that may lack the administrative or financial capacity to meet the new compliance, monitoring, and reporting obligations associated with the rates-cap regime?

Hon Simon Watts: During the transition period, councils will be provided with guidance to assist in adjusting to the rates target.