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Rating Information Database

About the database

You can use this database to find rating information on any property in the district. You can also use this rating information database to look for the following:

Property details – valuation number, property address, land area.
Valuation details – capital value, improvement value, land value.
Rates details – rates by year, rates levied by Northland Regional Council, general and targeted rates levied by Far North District Council.

Looking for the balance or an amount owing on your rates account?

Please note you can't use this database to find out information about your rates account. However, you can find out how much you owe by lodging a general request. You don't need to be a registered user of online services to do this.

To register with online services, click here. If you are a registered member, then you can view your rating information via your account or access via this link.

Before you start!

What you need to know about this Rating database:

It provides a breakdown of rates and the total due for the property selected for the next two years. The 2024 year is 1 July 2023 - 30 June 2024
The figures incorporate the latest property valuations effective as of 1 October 2022
Variations in rates from one year to the next are due to changes in land values calculated independently every three years and annual adjustments made by Far North District Council
Each breakdown of rates includes those levied by Northland Regional Council and collected by Far North District Council

How to use the database

Search for rating information by entering a valuation number or a street address in the corresponding boxes below, check that you are not a robot and click submit. Please take note of the year you are searching.

The Rating Information Database

<h2>About the Rating Information Database</h2> The Rating Information Database (RID) allows people to check what rate types and differentials have been applied to their account for a rating year. Changes that occur after 1st July 2021 may not appear in the current RID.  However, if rates for the current year are affected the ratepayer will have received updated assessments and invoices. The figures displayed in the RID should not be used as confirmation of the actual rates payable on a property. If you require confirmation for legal or other purposes, please refer to your rate assessment or request a rating certificate from Council. Any future figures included in the RID are based on current land values and future Annual Plans and/or the Long Term Plan. The final rates may vary depending on the adoption of the plans and changes in land values. <a href="https://www.fndc.govt.nz/Our-services/Rates/Rating-Information-Database" target="blank" re_target="_self" re_onclick="">View Rating Information Database</a> <h3>Suppression of Property Owner Name and Address</h3> The rating legislation requires the names and addresses of property owners to be publicly available unless there is a request for this information to be withheld. If you wish to have your name and/or address details withheld please put your request in writing using the <a title="Withhold my name and address" href="/files/assets/public/v/1/objectivedocuments/corporate-management-cor/financial-management/administration/withhold-my-name-and-address-form-200919.pdf" target="_blank" class="document ext-pdf" re_target="_blank" re_onclick="">name and address suppression form(PDF, 104KB)</a> the property owner must sign this request.  Please send this for the attention of the Rates Department. <h3>Inspection of rates records</h3> Under Section 38 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, there are restrictions on who can view all the details contained in the Council's rate records. This prevents unauthorised people from viewing or receiving information about the state of the rate account. You may inspect the rates record for a rating unit if you meet one of the criteria below. <ul> <li>You are a ratepayer. (Note - there are specific rules defining the ratepayer of Māori freehold land. In the event of any doubt about who is entitled to obtain this information, the Rates Team should be consulted).</li> <li>You are authorised by the ratepayer to do so. This request must be in writing.</li> <li>You have become liable to pay the rates in respect of the unit under Section 61 or Section 62 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002.</li> <li>You are a solicitor, a person (not being a lawyer) who provides conveyancing services, a real estate agent, or any other person who –</li> </ul> (i) is a party to (or acting as an agent for a party to) a transaction relating to the rating unit; and (ii) reasonably requires the information in the rates record for the purposes of the transaction <ul> <li>Any member of the public with respect to rates assessed, but not including arrears, remissions or postponed rates. </li> </ul>

Last updated 28 August 2023