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Help: glossary of terms.

Term

Explanation

Property Address

The physical address of the property.

Legal Description

Information provided by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). Usually formed by the lot number and deposit plan (DP) number.

This assists in specifically identifying a particular block of land and its location in Manukau City.

Owners

Entities that own the property. This is not necessarily the ratepayer. Can be a person, company, trust or other entity.

Land Area

The land area of the property. Note: this is not the floor area and will include any 'share' of land.

Land Rates Account Number

A unique number that identifies a property - helps to ensure payments are correctly credited to the right account.

CT, Certificate of Title Number or Title Reference

Legal document that defines and records ownership.Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) holds the title documents.

Valuation Number

A unique number assigned to each property by the Valuation department.

Land Value

The assessment of the probable price that would have been paid for the bare land as at last revaluation. It includes development work such as drainage, retaining walls and levelling, but disregards any buildings or other improvements to a property.

Capital Value

Is an assessment of the probable price that would have been paid, including land and buildings, for the property if it had been sold at last revaluation, updated to reflect changes in properties up to 30 June preceding the current rating year.

It is not the market value for a property.

The capital value does not include chattels which will need to be added on when estimating an appropriate sale price.

Annual Value

This is the higher of 80% of the estimated Annual Rental or 5% of the Capital Value as at date of last revaluation.

Rate Group Residential

Residential category includes any rating unit that is situated within any of the following zones:

  • Main Residential
  • Residential Heritage 1
  • Residential Heritage 2
  • Residential Heritage 3
  • Residential Heritage 4
  • Residential Heritage 5
  • Residential Heritage 6
  • Residential Heritage 7
  • Residential Heritage 8
  • Residential Settlement Serviced
  • Residential Settlement Unserviced
  • Integrated Intensive Housing
  • Maori Purpose
  • Papakainga
  • Public Open Space 1
  • Public Open Space 2
  • Public Open Space 3
  • Public Open Space 4
  • Public Open Space 5
  • Public Open Space 6
  • Public Open Space 6 Outlying Area

and any rating unit, that although situated within the business zone, has been purpose built for residential use in accordance with a specific approval given under the Resource Management Act and continues to be used solely for residential purposes.

However, any rating unit situated within any of the foregoing zones and used for Business purposes shall be included in the Business Groups.

Rate Group Rural

Rural Category includes any rating unit situated within any of the following zones:

  • Rural 1
  • Rural 2
  • Rural 3
  • Rural 4
  • Special Rural 1
  • Mangere Puhinui Rural
  • Mangere Puhinui Heritage Rural
  • Flat Bush Country Transition (Grace Church Heights)
  • Future Development Stage 1 (Flat Bush) and
  • Future Development Stage 2.

However, any rating unit situated within the foregoing zones and used for any business purpose or for quarrying, mining or otherwise winning and/or processing mineral resources (other than water) shall be included in the Business Category.

Rating units are further grouped by land area as follows: - up to 5ha, greater than 5ha and up to 50 ha, greater than 50 ha and up to 80 ha, greater than 80ha.

Rate Group Business

Business Category includes any rating unit that is not allocated to either the Residential Category or the Rural Category.

General Rate Category

Ratepayer groups or categories in Manukau City are based on district plan zone.

UAGC Eligibility

A uniform annual general charge (UAGC) is applied to each rate account.

Rateability

Rateability describes whether the property is

  • Fully rateable
  • 50 percent non-rateable
  • Non-rateable.

Rateability affects rates in the following way:

 

Rate types

Rateability

How the charge is applied

  • General rates

  • Uniform annual general charge

Fully rateable

These rate types are rated at 100% of the rate charge.

50% non-rateable

These rate types are rated at 50% of the rate charge.

Non-rateable

These rate types are rated at 0% of the rate charge.

Non-rateable properties include Crown owned, eg government owned schools and hospitals, and non-Crown owned land such as non-profit child-care centres, cemeteries, universities, etc.

  • Refuse / Recycling Charge

All

Rateability does not affect the Refuse charge. All properties that are eligible for the refuse collection charge will be charged the rate according to the number of dwellings, including non-rateable and 50% non-rateable properties.

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