Greater Wellington — Application for rates postponements

Greater Wellington recognises that our communities live in everchanging environments which can cause changes in circumstances. Sometimes these circumstances can be difficult to manage and therefore we offer support where appropriate, to help our communities thrive.

Greater Wellington will consider each application on its merit and postponement will be granted where it is considered that the application meets the appropriate criteria and conditions.

If your circumstances have changed, please take a look at our Rates Postponement Policy, and if you meet the criteria and conditions ‘remission of penalties’ or a ‘remission under special circumstances’ please apply, using the link at the bottom of this page.

If you would like to discuss how a postponement may or may not work for you, please email rates@gw.govt.nz. You can find the Policy here:

Rates Remission and Postponement Policies

Rates remission and postponement policies outlines when Greater Wellington will consider remitting or postponing rates, including on Maori freehold land or special circumstances. Read more here

Published 29 Jun 2022

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Conditions as per the Policy

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A territorial authority in the Wellington Region has postponed some or all of the territorial authority rates for the rating unit in the current rating year AND/OR
The ratepayer is experiencing extreme financial hardship.

If you would like to discuss the benefits and impacts of postponing your rates, please get in touch with our rates team to discuss. Please email rates@gw.govt.nz.

Contact information

Applicant's name:*

Postal address:*

Physical address (if different to the postal address):

Phone number:*

Email address:*

Rating information

Property address (if different from physical address):*

Valuation reference number (stated on your rates invoice):*

Reason for applying

Please provide us with additional context to support your application:*

Attachments

Please provide any supporting documents:

Only files with extensions txt | doc | docx | xls | xlsx | pdf | csv | jpg | jpeg | gif | png can be uploaded.

Confirmation

I confirm the information I have provided in this form is correct.*

Name:*

Date:*

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Next steps

Greater Wellington endeavours to acknowledge your application within ten working days. Upon acknowledgement of your application, we will confirm the process and general timeframes.

Updated November 11, 2024 at 10:50 AM

Get in touch

Phone:: 0800 496 734
Email:: info@gw.govt.nz