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Long-term Plan 2024–34

Building a resilient future for Kāpiti
Te whakatupu i te anamata manawaroa mō Kāpiti

Our Long-term Plan (LTP) lays out the mahi (work) we plan to do over the next 10 years and how we’ll pay for it. Importantly, the LTP sets out the likely impact on your rates.

Our consultation has closed

This year, we had some tough decisions to make together. We asked for your feedback on some big change proposals which carry serious implications for ratepayers. Our formal consultation ran from Thursday 28 March to Sunday 28 April 2024.

Key dates

Proposals for change

We know our communities are dealing with significant economic pressures in both their households and businesses. Council is facing those same pressures. The need to actively reduce debt and remain financially sound has been our main objective in preparing this Long-term Plan. 


We’ve worked hard to get operating costs down so the impact on rates is as low as possible. This meant tightening budgets, capping staff numbers, reducing our capital works programme, and borrowing money in the short term to fund shortfalls associated with the delivery of water services following the change of government. 


Even after this hard mahi, factors such as inflation, interest costs, increased depreciation, and rising material and labour costs continue to biteBuilding a resilient future for Kāpiti means we must promote and help achieve the social, economic, environmental, and cultural wellbeing of our community now and into the future. 


We proposed three key change proposals to help achieve this.

Fees and charges

Every year we review and adjust our fees and charges for the following year. In most cases we limit increases to the Local Government Cost Index, the inflation factor used by councils. Exceptions and proposed new fees are highlighted in the Proposed Schedule of Fees and Charges document.


Enhancing democracy

We make decisions every day on behalf of our communities, ranging from routine day-to-day matters to those with a high level of impact and public interest. Our meetings are open to the public, live-streamed, and available to watch later on our YouTube channel. We’ve been reflecting on what more we could do to enable community participation in Council processes and decisions. For instance, evening meetings would allow people who are not available during the day to attend Council meetings and put themselves forward as elected representatives. Changes like this come at a cost, so we wanted to understand what you think will make a difference.

Impact on rates for next year

Our proposed rates increase for 2024/25 is 17%. The rates increase will vary for different properties in the district. This is because of differences in property value, type, location, and changes to property rating valuations in the districtwide revaluation which was completed last year. We also proposed a change to our rating system with a climate action rate.

To find out what the impact on your rates would be if everything in our LTP consultation document is adopted, please have your valuation number ready. To find your rating valuation number: 


Frequently asked questions

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Help us shape the Kāpiti you want for the future! Sign up to Have Your Say and we will contact you when there are items of interest to you that you can have your say on and be involved in the decision process.