TABLE A3: SELECTED REGIONAL COUNCILS: SOURCES OF REVENUE 1990/91 & 1993/94 ($000's)
Appendix II. Regional council expenditures and revenue sources.
Financial information on all regional council [ There are four "unitary authorities" in New Zealand which combine the functions of both regional councils and territorial (i.e., district and city) authorities. These unitary authorities (with the exception of Nelson City Council) are treated as regional authorities for the purpose of this report, though some assumptions were necessary to adjust their expenditure to exclude non-regional functions.] activities, including agri-environmental programmes, is contained in published annual reports and annual plans. The New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) obtained a complete set of reports for the year in 1994/95 and abstracted information on agri-environmental programmes. This information is presented in Table A2, which excludes all expenditure not related to agri-environmental programmes.
For each council, the table shows "gross" or total expenditure in each category, the amount recovered through special rates or user charges, and the net amount funded through general revenues or transfers from central government agencies.
Note that the categories "agricultural pests" and "noxious weeds" have been combined in the main body of this report, consistent with the definition of "pest" in the Biosecurity Act 1993.
Four councils (Waikato, Hawkes Bay, Canterbury and Otago) account for some 50% of regional council expenditure on agri-environmental programmes. Sources of revenue for these four councils were analysed for 1990/91 and 1993/94. This information is presented in Table A3. Note that revenue statements have been adjusted to exclude income from urban passenger activities, port activities, and transactions of a capital nature. These constitute a significant source of income for certain councils.
Ideally, inter-temporal comparison of revenue sources should be matched by a comparison of changes in expenditure categories over the same time period. This was attempted, but was not possible because reorganisation of programmes and activities within the councils, and consequent changes in financial reporting, made valid comparison impossible.
Table A2: REGIONAL COUNCIL AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURE 1994/95 ($000's)
Region |
Policy+Plan |
SoilCons |
Flood cntrl |
Pest Mgmt |
Total |
|
Northland |
gross* |
3507 |
463 |
1800 |
5770 |
|
rec.* |
817 |
1084 |
1901 |
|||
net* |
2690 |
463 |
0 |
716 |
3869 |
|
Auckland |
gross |
10693 |
257 |
1967 |
12917 |
|
rec. |
4107 |
4107 |
||||
net |
6586 |
257 |
0 |
1967 |
8810 |
|
Waikato |
gross |
9568 |
1330 |
5869 |
4941 |
21708 |
rec. |
2637 |
236 |
4074 |
2137 |
9084 |
|
net |
6931 |
1094 |
1795 |
2804 |
12624 |
|
Bay of Plenty |
gross |
6057 |
587 |
4716 |
1712 |
13072 |
rec. |
1555 |
4103 |
135 |
5793 |
||
net |
4502 |
587 |
613 |
1577 |
7279 |
|
Gisborne |
gross |
2104 |
813 |
1630 |
680 |
5227 |
rec. |
218 |
3 |
1257 |
1478 |
||
net |
1886 |
810 |
373 |
680 |
3749 |
|
Hawkes |
gross |
4111 |
837 |
5090 |
2345 |
12383 |
Bay |
rec. |
1114 |
3415 |
1437 |
5966 |
|
net |
2997 |
837 |
1675 |
908 |
6417 |
|
Taranaki |
gross |
3152 |
384 |
251 |
1143 |
4930 |
rec. |
1259 |
37 |
166 |
60 |
1522 |
|
net |
1893 |
347 |
85 |
1083 |
3408 |
|
Manawatu |
gross |
5263 |
2547 |
6400 |
2223 |
16433 |
-Wanga |
rec. |
675 |
1667 |
6080 |
19 |
8441 |
net |
4588 |
880 |
320 |
2204 |
7992 |
|
Wgtn |
gross |
6338 |
1137 |
1527 |
3785 |
12787 |
rec. |
381 |
838 |
2002 |
3221 |
||
net |
5957 |
1137 |
689 |
1783 |
9566 |
|
Tasman |
gross |
612 |
855 |
692 |
2159 |
|
rec. |
124 |
485 |
456 |
1065 |
||
net |
488 |
0 |
370 |
236 |
1094 |
|
Marlborgh |
gross |
703 |
2151 |
1187 |
4041 |
|
rec. |
543 |
2401 |
386 |
3330 |
||
net |
160 |
0 |
250 |
801 |
711 |
|
Cantbury |
gross |
9490 |
173 |
6836 |
6589 |
23088 |
rec. |
1379 |
5556 |
2909 |
9844 |
||
net |
8111 |
173 |
1280 |
3680 |
13244 |
|
West |
gross |
1043 |
1445 |
1898 |
4386 |
|
Coast |
rec. |
409 |
1316 |
1812 |
3537 |
|
net |
634 |
0 |
129 |
86 |
849 |
|
Otago |
gross |
3311 |
349 |
1607 |
5910 |
11177 |
rec. |
185 |
20 |
877 |
3202 |
4284 |
|
net |
3126 |
329 |
730 |
2708 |
6893 |
|
Southland |
gross |
2018 |
115 |
3205 |
2339 |
7677 |
rec. |
385 |
2148 |
1807 |
4340 |
||
net |
1633 |
115 |
1057 |
532 |
3337 |
|
Total |
gross |
67970 |
8992 |
41582 |
39211 |
157755 |
rec. |
15788 |
1963 |
32716 |
17446 |
67913 |
|
net |
52182 |
7029 |
8866 |
21765 |
89842 |
* Definitions: "gross" is total expenditure in the stated category; "rec." is the amount of expenditure recovered through special rates and user charges; "net" is "gross" less "rec.". All figures are in thousands of New Zealand dollars.
APPENDIX II
TABLE A3: SELECTED REGIONAL COUNCILS: SOURCES OF REVENUE 1990/91 & 1993/94 ($000's)
General Rates |
Special Rates |
Government Grants |
Fees & Levies |
Other |
Total |
||
Canterbury |
90/91 |
13909 |
4981 |
3554 |
3054 |
1121 |
26619 |
93/94 |
14945 |
4802 |
2263 |
2896 |
1213 |
26119 |
|
Hawkes Bay |
90/91 |
3184 |
6017 |
2630 |
1170 |
148 |
13149 |
93/94 |
6475 |
4013 |
538 |
1565 |
1829 |
14420 |
|
Otago |
90/91 |
3586 |
4956 |
4077 |
184 |
1175 |
13978 |
93/94 |
4264 |
5894 |
3194 |
288 |
1838 |
15478 |
|
Waikato |
90/91 |
10977 |
3670 |
7532 |
914 |
6204 |
29297 |
93/94 |
15816 |
3983 |
5987 |
5181 |
1066 |
32033 |
|
Total |
90/91 |
31656 |
19624 |
17793 |
5322 |
8648 |
83043 |
93/94 |
41500 |
18692 |
11982 |
9930 |
5946 |
88050 |
|
Changes: +/ $'000 |
9844 |
932 |
5811 |
4608 |
2702 |
5007 |
|
% |
24 |
5 |
48 |
46 |
45 |
6 |
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