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Regional Authorities Finance Data

Abstract:

This data provides annual information for each region in NZ between 1991 and 2008. Regional council revenues are fragmented by rates, whereas expenditures are fragmented by services and other trading/consolidated activities. Operating budgets for refuse, water, sewerage (for unitary councils), environmental monitoring, bio-security, rivers (drainage included), as well as equity. Searchable index of data notes by council and problem type.

Data Source: Regional and Unitary Authorities (Annual Reports)

Year: 2009

Data Access:

Freely available. Download dataset (.xls file, 627 KB).

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.

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 file.