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Local Authorities Finance Data

Abstract:

This data provides annual information from each local council between 1991 and 2008. Local council revenues are fragmented by rates, whereas expenditures are fragmented by service and other trading/consolidated activities. Operating budgets for refuse, water, sewerage included, as well as equity. Searchable index of data notes by council and problem type.

Data Source: Territorial Local Authorities (Annual Reports)

Year: 2009

Data Access:

Freely available: Download Local authorities dataset (.xls file 1.89KB)

(We also have a regional authorities finance dataset available.)

You can also access these and other datasets on the Statistics New Zealand website.

Uses of data in Motu research:

An earlier version of this dataset was used in the following publications:

McLuskey, William; Andrew Aitken, Arthur Grimes, Suzi Kerr and Jason Timmins. 2006. “Rating Systems in New Zealand: An Empirical Investigation into Local Choice,” Journal of Real Estate Literature 14:3. Earlier version published as Motu Working Paper 04-01.

Kerr, Suzi; Andrew Aitken and Arthur Grimes. 2004. “Land Taxes and Revenue Needs as Communities Grow and Decline: Evidence from New Zealand,” Motu Working Paper 04-01.

 

Detailed documentation:

Contained in the data files.