Average rate movement 2012/13 -2.50% Bookmark this page: You will be able to calculate your property's rates here in mid-July. Ten year average rate movements 2.1% Bookmark this page: You will be able to calculate your property's rates here in mid-July. Major Projects Civil Defence project Whitianga tsunami warning system in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 Roading project Delmaneys Corner Flood Mitigation, Mercury Bay South Area $494k in 2012/13 and 2013/14 Local transportation projects Whitianga Town Centre Upgrade $171k in 2012/13 and $2.7m from 2014/15 Ferry Landing Upgrade $221k in 2014/15 Lees Road Seal Extension $32k in 2012/13 and $714k in 2013/14 Whitianga Town Entrance $224k in 2017/18 Cemetery project New Mercury Bay Cemetery Development - Stage One $311k in 2012/13 Community Hall projects Whitianga Civic Centre $137k in 2012/22 Hahei Hall upgrade $11k in 2012/13 Public toilet project Hot Water Beach Superloo $663k from 2017/18 Harbour facility projects Mercury Bay Destination Boat Ramp $1.5m from 2013/14 Ferry Landing Historic Wharf Refurbishment $56k in 2014/15 Mercury Bay wharf interpretive signage $22k in 2014/15 Parks and reserves projects Mercury Bay sports ground land $2.6m in 2012/13 Buffalo Beach Groynes $53k in 2012/13 Matarangi Village Green development $49k in 2013/14 Whitianga Taylors Mistake & Esplanade $250k in 2020/21 Stormwater project Whitianga Town Centre upgrade (as part of town centre upgrade) $1.5m from 2014/15 Wastewater projects Whitianga town centre upgrade (as part of town centre upgrade) $4k in 2012/13 and $656k in 2014/15 and $666k in 2015/16 and $48k in 2017/18 Whitianga pump station upgrade $368k from 2012/13 - 2021/22 Cooks Beach treatment disposal $191k in 2012/13 and $721k 2021/22 Hahei resource consent renewal $90k in 2014/15 Cooks Beach resource consent renewal $100k in 2017/18 Hahei treatment plant upgrade $1.2m in 2021/22 Whitianga treatment plant extension upgrade $7.1m in 2021/22 Water projects Whitianga town centre reticulation (part of town centre upgrade) $41k in 2012/13 and $964k from 2014/15 Hahei consent renewal $87k in 2014/15 Matarangi resource consent renewal $108k in 2020/21 Solid waste projects Mercury Bay South refuse transfer station and greenwaste facility $664k from 2012/13 Whitianga transfer station $2.3m from 2020/21