Local authority financial statistics provide information on the annual performance of core non-trading activities of all New Zealand's territorial and regional councils.
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Subject category: Government finance
Group: Local authority financial statistics - LAF
Data quality
The Local Authority Census for the June 2025 year did not achieve full coverage. Historically, the legal requirements to provide financial data to Stats NZ and the Local Government Act, have meant that Local Authority Census returns and annual reports have been available for all units.
For the units with unavailable data for the 2025 year, imputed values were derived using information from the respective published annual plans for the 2024/2025 period.
Definitions and metadata
Period-specific information Local authority financial statistics, year ended June 2025 explains the methodology specific for this year's release.
Local Authority Census - DataInfo+ explains about the census, purpose, and collection methodology.
Local authority census questionnaire - DataInfo+ defines the income and expenditure variables by council activities, and financial position used in this release.
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Next release
Local authority financial statistics: Year ended June 2026 will be released in May 2027.
Related releases
Local authority statistics: March 2026 quarter will be released on 10 June 2026.
Local authority statistics: June 2026 quarter will be released on 7 September 2026.
