Due dates and penalties

A property rating year begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June. It’s divided into four equal periods, each invoiced separately. Each of these periods has a date by which the payment is due to avoid paying penalties.

See Payments for how to pay your rates.

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Property rates

To avoid penalties, you must pay your property rates instalments in full by the following due dates:

6 September 2024	first instalment due
6 December 2024	second instalment due
6 March 2025	third instalment due
6 June 2025	fourth instalment due

A charge of 10 percent will be added to any amount of the current rate instalment unpaid after the due date.

An additional 10 percent penalty will be added on 8 July 2024 to any rates remaining unpaid from previous financial years at 5 July 2024.

8 July 2024	2023/24 rates arrears penalty added
9 September 2024	instalment one penalty added
9 December 2024	instalment two penalty added
10 March 2025	instalment three penalty added
9 June 2025	instalment four penalty added

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Water rates

Under sections 57 and 58 of the Local Government (Rating) Action 2002, a 10 percent penalty will be added to any portion of a current water rates invoice unpaid after the due date specified on each invoice. The penalty will be added on the penalty dates shown below. All payments made will be receipted against the earliest water rate outstanding in accordance with authorised accounting procedures.

Area	Water meters invoiced in	Due date	Penalty date
Paraparaumu/Raumati/Raumati Beach/Raumati South/Paekākāriki	Jul-24	26-Aug-24	27-Aug-24
	Oct-24	25-Nov-24	26-Nov-24
	Jan-25	24-Feb-25	25-Feb-25
	Apr-25	26-May-25	27-May-25
Otaki/Peka Peka/Waikanae Beach	Aug-24	25-Sep-24	26-Sep-24
	Nov-24	6-Jan-25	7-Jan-25
	Feb-25	26-Mar-25	27-Mar-25
	May-25	25-Jun-25	26-Jun-25
Waikanae/Nikau Valley/Otaihanga/ Paraparaumu Beach	Sep-24	29-Oct-24	30-Oct-24
	Dec-24	21-Jan-25	22-Jan-25
	Mar-25	28-Apr-25	29-Apr-25
	Jun-25	28-Jul-25	29-Jul-25

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