Council's Finance Division administers the rating process. Rates are invoiced quarterly and are normally due in the first week of March, June, September and December. Arrangements can be made for regular (weekly, fortnightly, monthly or quarterly) payments of rates. Penalties are applied for late payments. Policies are in place for remissions and postponements.  These can be accessed from Vision the 10 year plan (specifically from page 94 onwards) here.

Rates may be paid using one of the following methods:

• Cash
• Cheque
• EFTPOS

and can be made at one of the following sites:

• Tokoroa Office - Torphin Crescent Tokoroa
• Putaruru Office Overdale Street Putaruru
• Tirau Agency - Tirau Information Centre Tirau

Cheques may be posted to:

South Waikato District Council
Private Bag 7
TOKOROA 3444

Direct Debits

(Monthly or Quarterly)
You may pay your rates automatically from your Bank Account using our Direct Debit Service. This system ensures that you will not need to worry about writing cheques and then mailing them to Council; it also removes the worry of remembering when to pay your rates on time to avoid penalty. If you wish to pay by direct debit please request an authority form from one of our Customer Service Officers.

Automatic Payments

(Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly or Quarterly)
If you wish to pay by automatic payment please request an authority form from one of our Customer Service Officers.

Telephone - Internet Banking - Direct Credit

This applies when paying your rates directly into our bank account. Please supply the following particulars, reference and code details:

• Particulars = Valuation Number
• Code = Name of Payee
• Reference = Location of Property

The particular and code details belongs to the property - so if you sell a property and purchase a new property the particular and code details needs to be changed for the new property before you next pay rates.

It is your responsibility to ensure that the full amount of the instalment is paid by the due date. If you miss a due date a 10% penalty will be applied to the unpaid instalment balance.

The South Waikato District Council is not responsible for Environment Waikato rates. These invoices cannot be processed by the local council. Please click here to contact Environment Waikato.