55816 (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:	55816 (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_55816_2025
Document guid:	00c1419b-1ec2-4721-b51d-516c6fe5fc14

55816 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government: How will the proposed rates cap account for differing demographic growth trends across councils, including high-growth urban councils and low-growth rural councils, given that the cap is expressed on a per-capita basis?

Hon Simon Watts: The Department of Internal Affairs is seeking views on this through targeted consultation that ends in February 2026.