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 2023 year did not reach the 100 percent response rate. For the two units where data has been unavailable for the 2023-year, imputation was performed using published annual plans for the 2023/2024 year.
Definitions and metadata
explains the census, purpose, and collection methodology for the statistics in this release. It includes information under the following headings:
- Period-specific information Local authority financial statistics, year ended June 2023, which explains the methodology specific for this year’s release.
- Local authority financial statistics concepts, which defines the terms used in this release.
- Local authority census questionnaire 2020 to present – DataInfo+, which includes definitions of 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 2024 will be released in May 2025.
