Background
People want to know where their rates are going and how their council stacks up against others. But at the moment it can be difficult to assess council performance, with each council planning and reporting differently.
The Government is establishing a council performance measurement framework, similar to that in New South Wales. This will involve the Department of Internal Affairs routinely publishing council performance information on its website. The first release of this information will take the form of council profiles focused on financial performance. Subsequent releases will cover a broader range of metrics, in asset management, service delivery, and governance.
Council groups
- Councils have generally been grouped by population size
- Unitary authorities and regional councils have been grouped separately
- Auckland Council Group and Chatham Islands Council have each been grouped independently
Council profiles
The council profiles and comparison tables linked below have been arranged by council group, and the metrics within each profile span demographics, rates revenue, debt, and operating and capital expenditure. We recommend using the reference profile and more detailed glossary when analysing council profiles, and generally only drawing comparisons between councils within a group.
