If you are a Bay of Plenty ratepayer, you will receive your annual 2024–2025 rates invoice in September 2024. You can find out what your proposed rates are by using our rates calculation search.
If you have questions about your rates please fill out an online rates query form.
For answers to common rates questions please visit our information hub.
Find out how much your Regional Council rates are for the 2023-2024 rating year using our Rating Information Database.
Ways to pay your 2023/24 rates.
When you receive your rates invoice (either by post or by email), you’ll receive two key documents – your Rates Invoice and your Rates Assessment.
Setting up a direct debit is a secure, convenient way to pay your rates.
Receive your rates invoices by email
Use this form to sign up to receive your future rates correspondence by email.
You may be eligible for a rates rebate, depending on your income, number of dependants and/or the type of building you own.
Rates forms to complete online or download.
Buyers, sellers and solicitors
From 1 July 2022, your lawyer needs to contact Regional Council and your local city or district council to ensure rate balances are paid.
Rates are used to create a healthy environment, freshwater for life, safe and resilient communities, and a vibrant Bay of Plenty region.
Rates are payable on Māori freehold land, unless the land comes under one of the exceptions in the rates legislation.
Since Bay of Plenty Regional Council was established in 1989 our rates have been invoiced and collected by the seven city and district councils across the region.
We’re making changes to rates
In August 2022 we started collecting our rates ourselves. Since the Regional Council was established in 1989, the seven district and city councils across the region have been doing this for us. We’re making changes so that you can get to know the work your rates help fund.
You can find out more about rates, including your rates for this financial year, what your rates pay for, and how to sign up to receive your rates by email by clicking the links below.
