FAQs

The City Centre targeted rate is a specific rate paid by commercial and industrial property owners within the defined city centre area. It funds activities and services intended to support and enhance the city centre via events and activation, retailer promotion, and business engagement.

The targeted rate is paid by property owners within the designated city centre boundary. These costs may be reflected in lease arrangements with tenants running businesses within the boundary.

The targeted rate is intended to benefit both:

• Ratepayers who contribute financially, and
• Businesses, organisations, and visitors who operate in and use the city centre

The targeted rate funds the City Centre Activation Programme run by Great South. The rate supports a programme of activities which includes events and activations, marketing and promotion and business engagement. Some of the events are run by Great South, others they promote or support in other ways.

Plan Overview

Council is seeking feedback which will feed into our Long-term Plan. We want to understand

• Whether the targeted rate provides value for money
• Whether funding is being spent on the right activities and priorities
• How the targeted rate should be delivered in the future

The Long-term Plan outlines Council’s vision for the future, including community outcomes we aim to achieve, our work programme and budgets for the next 10 years. The plan is reviewed every 3 years to ensure it is still in line with the needs of our community. You can view the 2024-2034 LTP here

You can attend our drop-in event to speak to us in person. If you are unable to make it, you can email your questions to policy@icc.govt.nz

Via the survey on this page, or via email to policy@icc.govt.nz

Feedback closes 1 June 2026