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Dog Registration Fees for the 2021/2022

1 Jul 2021, 11:40 AM

Public Notice is hereby given that the Dog Registration Fees for the 2021/2022 financial year have been set by Council resolution in various categories as set out below:
Registration Fee (including GST) where paid by or on 31 July 2021. Fees apply to dogs aged 3 months and over, and are for the year 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 registration.

Urban owner (as per definition) $118.00
Urban spayed/neutered dogs $90.00
Selected owner $70.00
Rural owner $50.00
Dangerous dog 150% of applicable fee
50% penalty fee applies from 1 August 2021.

Pound, Seizure and Miscellaneous Fees
Seizure $65.00
Impound – First (registered) $70.00
Impound – First (unregistered) $100.00
Second $138.00
Third or subsequent $200.00
Sustenance (per day) $15.00

NOTE: Any fees incurred in the seizure, custody, sustenance and
transport of a dog are required to be paid before its release from
impoundment.
Rehoming of unwanted / unclaimed dogs (unregistered) will be the applicable registration fee and microchipping fee.

Replacement tags $5.00
Microchipping fee $25.00
Application for permit to keep more than two dogs (urban) $40.00
Surrender fee $40.00

This notice is given under Sections 37 and 68 of the Dog Control Act 1996.

Dated at Te Kuiti this 1st day of July 2021.