Annual Plan 2025/2026

Councillors have now adopted the Annual Plan 2025/2026, which sets out what the Council intends to do over the next 12 months, and how it will pay for it.

Notable items in this Annual Plan

• Operational spending of $871 million on the day-to-day services the Council provides. This is $9.7 million higher than proposed in the Draft Annual Plan, driven by changes in the wider economy and policy decisions made by the Government.
• Capital spending of $648 million in 2025/26 including approximately $95.5 million for One New Zealand Stadium at Te Kaha. This is $88.2 million lower than what was proposed, due mostly to rephasing $71.5 million to later years based on what we can realistically deliver. 
• An overall average rates increase of 6.60% – lower than the 7.58% proposed in the Draft Annual Plan. This translates to a 6.49% increase for the average household (or $4.96 a week), 7.0% for business properties, and 6.49% for rural properties. 

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Read more about the Plan

• The full, approved Annual Plan 2025/26 [PDF, 11 MB]
• A handy summary of the Draft Annual Plan in our consultation  document [PDF, 6.8 MB]