A residential property in an urban area with a land value of $195,000 paid $1949.22 in rates in the 2017-18 year. That same property will face a bill of $2020.80 in 2018-19.
That rates bill is made up of the general rate, the UAGC, the sewerage disposal rate and the refuse management rate.
A rural property with a land value of $750,000 paid $2848.50 in 2017-18 and will have a bill of $3099.63 this year.
A commercial property with a land value of $510,000 paid $13,692.85 last year, and will pay $14,3933.53 this year.
Councillor Vince Cocurullo said he could not agree on increases in rates. He said people's wages, and particularly those on fixed incomes, were not increasing at the same rate.
Cr Cherry Hermon acknowledged "nobody wants to pay rates".
"We've adopted the LTP, this is how we pay for it."
She was pleased to see the adoption of 14 policies for rates remission for different situations.
Cr Shelley Deeming said: "Rates and charges must be set to keep the district rolling." She said the council was doing this in a way which was financially prudent.
Mayor Sheryl Mai said the council had the "second lowest residential rates in the nation".
Mai hoped that the decisions made yesterday could put a future council in a "privileged position" to reduce rates.
Whangārei residents can check what their rates will be from Monday, July 9, at http://www.wdc.govt.nz/RatesandPayments/Rates/Pages/RatesDatabaseSearch.aspx
The proposed figures on the site currently need to be updated after the Long Term Plan was formally adopted.
