LGOIMA Request Details: LG2435
Date received: 19/02/2026
Requested information: Request for full property and rates database
Status: Complete
Response:
The property and valuation information you have requested (property address, unique property ID, capital value, land value, land area and rating category) is publicly available through the Council website - Rates Property Search | Manawatū District Council. The valuation information is based on the 2022 revaluation, which is the operative valuation for the 2025/26 rating year. These assessed amounts are made publicly available to support transparency of rating information.
You have asked for a breakdown of the individual rating components that make up rates for each property (i.e. general rate, uniform annual general charge, water supply, wastewater, stormwater and the individual Horizons Regional Council rates). Council does not hold this information in a property-level dataset or in the format requested, nor do we hold any Horizons Regional Council rating information. Producing a per-property breakdown of each individual rating component would require creating new information, which Council is not obliged to do under the LGOIMA.
The individual rating components adopted for the 2025/26 rating year are however publicly available in our Annual Plan - MDC-Annual-Plan-2025_Final-260625.pdf.
You also requested the total rates paid to MDC and HRC, and the
amounts paid by each individual rate. However, under section
30 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, information relating to
rates payments, instalment status, arrears and other account-specific
details may only be released to the individual ratepayer or their authorised
agent. As releasing this information would be contrary
to the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, this part of your request
is refused under section 17 (c)(i) of the LGOIMA.
Again, MDC does not hold any HRC information.