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Table 1
Annual local authority financial statistics
Total total public debt by local authority $(000s)
As at 30 June
Local Authority	Data item	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ashburton District Council	Public Debt	4,003	5,242	5,831	5,797	5,111	5,084	3,977	2,138	15,119	21,385
Auckland City Council	Public Debt	215,266	258,773	284,270	230,325	172,671	179,984	190,902	133,282	322,227	498,944
Auckland Reginal Council	Public Debt	61,232	36,690	31,235	42,670	30,062	30,063	33,107	390	128	450
Auckland Reginal Transport Authority	Public Debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20,971
Banks Peninsula District Council	Public Debt	3,362	4,679	6,059	6,572	7,759	9,000	0	0	0	0
Bay of Plenty Regional Council	Public Debt	6,179	6,186	6,692	4,706	3,052	1,293	1,294	107	107	195
Buller District Council	Public Debt	1,255	1,240	1,223	908	908	908	908	2,439	9,764	19,464
Canterbury Regional Council	Public Debt	587	586	586	586	586	1,403	965	1,039	690	4,863
Carterton District Council	Public Debt	2,165	1,669	1,696	1,747	1,565	1,443	1,260	563	810	1,463
Central Hawkes Bay District Council	Public Debt	4,633	4,180	4,896	4,581	5,150	7,746	8,644	8,545	9,273	10,667
Central Otago District Council	Public Debt	1,530	756	679	656	70	56	0	0	0	0
Chatham Islands Council	Public Debt	0	0	0	0	0	220	216	211	209	766
Christchurch City Council	Public Debt	62,672	85,560	102,659	84,277	81,628	92,502	112,294	87,678	119,866	209,001
Clutha District Council	Public Debt	5,035	4,567	2,544	2,339	1,701	1,636	861	32	27	22
Dunedin City Council	Public Debt	32,534	36,008	34,820	30,383	42,861	59,655	69,057	89,335	114,467	174,514
Far North District Council	Public Debt	30,775	30,099	28,893	32,554	35,741	38,695	40,555	63,228	83,745	109,762
Franklin District Council	Public Debt	5,423	5,486	15,590	18,931	21,844	21,823	28,799	30,599	52,818	63,613
Gisborne District Council	Public Debt	39,199	35,880	35,512	36,129	32,070	32,002	30,000	24,000	24,000	18,150
Gore District Council	Public Debt	6,629	7,931	10,959	9,657	8,400	8,404	8,400	8,298	10,087	10,753
Greater Wellington Regional Council	Public Debt	95,731	87,411	82,705	70,147	63,984	57,997	59,939	66,269	66,260	80,969
Grey District Council	Public Debt	2,777	5,917	6,641	6,655	6,973	5,626	8,235	7,844	7,875	9,325
Hamilton City Council	Public Debt	92,484	96,692	99,241	100,670	96,931	106,671	137,175	128,425	195,537	238,947
Hastings District Council	Public Debt	40,715	34,928	28,022	22,979	19,662	18,651	16,318	20,698	33,604	39,970
Hauraki District Council	Public Debt	31	26	20	15	111	79	174	1,861	4,032	10,613
Hawkes Bay Regional Council	Public Debt	1,794	1,330	1,144	3,809	3,991	869	5,087	7,455	7,656	6,287
Horowhenua District Council	Public Debt	6,777	5,371	4,109	2,704	2,343	1,759	819	5,408	16,407	21,406
Hurunui District Council	Public Debt	504	495	160	58	10	0	0	0	0	0
Hutt City Council	Public Debt	67,397	57,246	94,442	57,272	70,624	73,556	74,455	82,376	81,131	89,600
Invercargill City Council	Public Debt	20,345	24,181	25,108	30,395	33,600	40,591	42,420	40,860	42,420	45,127
Kaikoura District Council	Public Debt	3,063	3,021	3,335	3,261	3,234	1,443	1,556	4,761	4,144	5,496
Kaipara District Council	Public Debt	5,790	6,543	7,015	8,212	8,860	9,736	10,817	18,107	21,672	28,568
Kapiti Coast District Council	Public Debt	42,727	44,545	53,662	37,431	35,027	42,566	47,331	56,806	61,500	70,072
Kawerau District Council	Public Debt	1,272	1,269	1,266	1,264	6	4	3	39	57	41
Mackenzie District Council	Public Debt	0	0	0	4	320	160	6	0	516	516
Manawatu District Council	Public Debt	8,905	9,935	10,791	10,957	9,999	12,360	11,435	14,179	11,402	10,816
Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council	Public Debt	1,988	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,910
Manukau City Council	Public Debt	92,813	89,257	90,835	107,628	127,837	189,698	99,748	278,274	269,229	304,666
Marlborough District Council	Public Debt	2,488	2,643	2,151	1,904	1,519	1,350	302	0	0	1,963
Masterton District Council	Public Debt	7,219	6,876	6,530	6,225	5,560	8,203	7,873	12,466	13,483	15,051
Matamata-Piako District Council	Public Debt	3,836	2,110	954	914	3,460	3,353	7,740	11,844	20,421	19,240
Napier City Council	Public Debt	32,800	36,487	37,413	39,613	32,397	26,754	23,150	18,814	11,627	7,069
Nelson City Council	Public Debt	15,764	15,615	16,865	18,615	33,470	39,880	41,410	35,110	36,703	51,535
New Plymouth District Council	Public Debt	12,351	22,759	19,775	43,011	49,784	66,804	69,369	80,616	94,527	108,760
North Shore City Council/td>	Public Debt	26,926	20,714	66,245	38,063	59,854	87,956	118,406	178,616	243,078	326,800
Northland Regional Council	Public Debt	265	0	0	2,945	0	0	0	0	0	1,125
Opotiki District Council	Public Debt	6,875	6,989	6,989	6,780	6,442	6,292	4,705	4,663	3,140	3,140
Otago Regional Council	Public Debt	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Otorohanga District Council	Public Debt	7,236	9,181	9,189	9,727	11,211	12,949	13,304	13,406	13,551	12,965
Palmerston North City Council	Public Debt	78,034	45,156	55,662	59,915	74,063	87,122	105,791	136,901	155,189	135,282
Papakura District Council	Public Debt	3,299	3,918	7,416	10,755	9,503	15,001	12,213	12,195	18,664	42,206
Porirua City Council	Public Debt	28,461	40,704	34,863	25,089	19,516	14,668	18,490	18,867	15,877	36,298
Queenstown Lakes District Council	Public Debt	20,771	16,589	23,961	12,428	10,297	6,276	2,216	14,056	58,053	90,104
Rangitikei District Council	Public Debt	2,442	1,902	1,899	1,118	1,110	10	10	0	0	0
Rodney District Council	Public Debt	32,505	25,602	41,453	55,766	51,891	112,592	179,650	214,658	260,167	305,004
Rotorua District Council	Public Debt	47,711	45,865	43,292	46,478	52,968	65,467	62,422	74,852	82,860	100,751
Ruapehu District Council	Public Debt	20,543	19,270	19,170	18,150	17,550	16,950	16,700	19,500	24,700	25,720
Selwyn District Council	Public Debt	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Taranaki District Council	Public Debt	23,439	15,334	12,389	6,107	1,196	83	114	5,095	5,770	34,215
South Waikato District Council	Public Debt	4,494	6,669	2,830	2,826	3,283	3,279	3,276	2,313	2,311	4,877
South Wairarapa District Council	Public Debt	5,173	3,426	408	3,386	3,354	3,154	3,072	5,061	7,551	7,610
Southland District Council	Public Debt	666	630	621	1,018	970	942	918	836	4,632	5,389
Southland Regional Council	Public Debt	136	112	86	59	30	0	0	0	0	0
Stratford District Council	Public Debt	1,525	1,390	1,498	1,510	1,600	1,507	2,626	3,479	4,122	4,066
Taranaki Regional Council	Public Debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tararua District Council	Public Debt	5,019	5,014	5,009	5,005	10,000	10,000	10,109	10,088	10,066	10,045
Tasman District Council	Public Debt	29,262	28,691	30,273	35,236	44,207	57,497	69,368	77,985	77,263	96,058
Taupo District Council	Public Debt	24,391	25,537	27,985	19,883	22,286	27,541	44,085	42,061	71,107	104,888
Tauranga City Council	Public Debt	73,010	54,607	72,843	95,058	104,453	125,043	147,923	166,687	213,337	268,259
Thames-Coromandel District Council	Public Debt	11,954	23,048	5,883	5,500	0	1,707	0	207	35,895	55,233
Timaru District Council	Public Debt	8,950	6,657	17	2	7,062	9,861	22,759	28,976	31,462	43,655
Upper Hutt City Council	Public Debt	4,158	2,050	10,847	10,897	12,657	13,352	15,857	15,709	17,796	18,074
Waikato District Council	Public Debt	7,874	5,591	2,974	11	10	9	8	7,980	6,648	17,305
Waikato Regional Council	Public Debt	6,738	5,604	4,423	3,217	2,575	1,932	1,289	646	0	0
Waimakariri District Council	Public Debt	7,465	3,824	1,900	276	259	242	13,729	23,715	17,620	17,603
Waimate District Council	Public Debt	283	346	313	2,313	3,011	0	0	3,041	3,647	3,600
Waipa District Council	Public Debt	11,593	12,750	14,855	21,261	18,241	17,912	10,225	15,048	16,610	25,000
Wairoa District Council	Public Debt	2,010	1,410	1,130	1,130	1,020	935	815	500	230	0
Waitakere City Council	Public Debt	73,811	82,650	113,215	96,821	100,681	149,456	229,774	287,191	374,182	451,941
Waitaki District Council	Public Debt	6,188	5,408	3,173	147	108	0	34	23	1,670	917
Waitomo District Council	Public Debt	7,915	7,937	10,405	11,622	12,824	18,941	21,016	24,563	29,962	35,283
Wanganui District Council	Public Debt	20,513	18,054	26,621	27,733	31,919	33,739	38,692	50,728	66,982	72,868
Wellington City Council	Public Debt	166,343	153,264	94,294	125,685	139,862	162,976	210,250	229,377	251,554	262,876
West Coast Regional Council	Public Debt	50	122	77	58	38	216	519	599	453	433
Western Bay of Plenty District Council	Public Debt	5,661	14,132	23,305	28,494	33,532	43,028	49,626	85,523	96,089	126,517
Westland District Council	Public Debt	131	126	1,321	7,116	7,110	7,104	5,897	5,864	5,856	6,315
Whakatane District Council	Public Debt	12,241	12,453	13,576	10,436	7,817	6,291	3,636	3,532	9,629	17,922
Whangarei District Council	Public Debt	14,624	20,624	21,943	31,731	35,613	50,649	77,092	93,719	112,949	122,972
TOTAL: New Zealand LTAs	Public Debt	1,854,780	1,835,569	1,982,683	1,930,316	1,983,008	2,374,711	2,715,223	3,224,363	4,116,220	5,234,255
Note: Due to rounding, some figures may not add to stated totals.
Symbol:
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...  Not applicable
Public Debt: Current Debt plus Term Debt
Source: Statistics New Zealand
Table 2
Individual Local Authority Statistics
Public debt -  projected ($000s)
NB: an * after "council name" signifies projected debt has been updated to actual debt
Year ended June
Sum of Value		Date
Council	Financial	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Ashburton District	21 Public Debt	42,564	42,248	40,925	57,961	70,291	75,357	74,031	72,600	71,159	69,708
Auckland City Council	21 Public Debt	726,625	1,045,154	1,168,980	1,244,206	1,298,537	1,330,862	1,374,691	1,386,021	1,374,348	1,353,678
Auckland Reginal Council	21 Public Debt	85,417	104,137	121,861	138,378	161,522	164,644	164,290	185,075	181,427	177,587
Bay of Plenty Region	21 Public Debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buller District	21 Public Debt	22,635	24,329	24,679	24,374	23,688	22,783	22,245	21,381	20,575	24,090
Canterbury Region	21 Public Debt	19,649	32,321	39,178	39,366	34,173	29,446	25,501	23,849	22,681	20,457
Carterton District	21 Public Debt	2,373	4,145	5,196	5,154	5,297	5,043	4,771	4,479	4,165	3,892
Central Hawkes Bay District	21 Public Debt	11,217	14,191	14,683	14,535	18,063	18,863	16,413	18,098	18,204	16,565
Central Otago District	21 Public Debt	293	5,285	7,277	18,580	24,144	25,134	27,147	29,135	31,122	34,109
Chatham Islands Territory	21 Public Debt	672	676	644	610	575	538	499	457	413	367
Christchurch City Council *	21 Public Debt	262,117	385,494	453,722	537,096	621,768	655,646	691,509	737,107	779,447	869,643
Clutha District	21 Public Debt	18	15	11	8	5	1	0	0	0	0
Dunedin City Council *	21 Public Debt	239,573	399,062	320,134	310,633	311,499	301,812	287,355	272,421	255,130	237,994
Far North District	21 Public Debt	106,618	120,146	123,557	125,698	128,446	126,651	122,524	119,536	116,674	115,249
Franklin District Council	21 Public Debt	94,200	107,850	124,250	131,150	135,750	138,850	134,000	139,600	149,700	133,750
Gisborne District	21 Public Debt	37,453	52,727	48,466	46,758	47,103	49,885	44,361	40,195	34,449	30,237
Gore District	21 Public Debt	10,928	11,441	10,814	10,917	10,636	10,149	9,616	9,059	8,512	8,158
Grey District	21 Public Debt	12,802	15,066	17,769	23,763	26,426	25,962	25,567	24,896	23,996	27,554
Hamilton City Council *	21 Public Debt	338,502	392,787	422,915	473,453	539,837	574,163	602,095	611,872	615,448	613,847
Hastings District	21 Public Debt	75,488	90,666	101,654	113,938	110,709	109,130	108,768	102,972	99,074	98,634
Hauraki District	21 Public Debt	22,677	30,721	31,521	32,671	39,571	36,621	32,121	26,821	21,671	14,721
Hawkes Bay Region	21 Public Debt	11,636	16,755	21,408	24,437	25,894	27,001	27,615	28,169	28,643	28,913
Horowhenua District	21 Public Debt	40,000	53,500	57,500	62,750	66,750	70,000	71,000	68,000	64,000	62,000
Hurunui District	21 Public Debt	5,500	9,000	8,000	7,500	7,500	4,500	2,000	0	0	0
Invercargill City Council *	21 Public Debt	36,264	49,161	48,361	66,455	74,580	76,256	75,152	67,983	65,580	62,188
Kaikoura District	21 Public Debt	6,656	6,653	6,808	6,324	7,337	12,561	12,251	12,647	11,754	11,169
Kaipara District	21 Public Debt	79,249	81,787	84,056	85,953	90,675	90,647	90,344	90,121	89,874	90,852
Kapiti Coast District	21 Public Debt	94,783	109,502	126,774	150,360	177,799	182,729	183,109	182,058	183,247	190,168
Kawerau District	21 Public Debt	23	3	78	59	38	14	42	84	60	60
Lower Hutt City	21 Public Debt	72,844	52,252	43,562	45,009	38,895	28,646	38,961	55,818	50,510	42,035
Mackenzie District	21 Public Debt	574	571	568	565	562	559	556	553	550	547
Manawatu District	21 Public Debt	16,990	24,649	30,923	33,471	33,780	34,673	34,862	35,282	35,599	35,869
Manawatu-Wanganui Region	21 Public Debt	15,348	18,752	20,674	21,115	21,075	19,089	17,276	15,706	14,453	10,731
Manukau City Council	21 Public Debt	271,000	330,000	388,000	432,000	462,000	472,000	491,000	475,000	465,000	440,000
Marlborough District	21 Public Debt	20,900	55,923	79,958	95,784	94,019	110,149	124,944	120,687	116,458	110,359
Masterton District	21 Public Debt	18,889	37,363	42,188	43,720	43,591	42,734	41,332	40,061	38,637	37,074
Matamata-Piako District Council *	21 Public Debt	26,668	36,983	37,258	37,690	48,475	49,715	51,946	51,850	50,871	50,349
Metropolitan Councils	21 Public Debt	4,183,017	5,080,324	5,532,565	5,943,593	6,374,869	6,545,617	6,695,547	6,711,086	6,644,550	6,557,144
Napier City	21 Public Debt	12,776	12,197	23,246	21,279	8,271	8,263	8,193	8,193	8,193	6,808
Nelson City	21 Public Debt	87,459	122,118	153,783	165,019	169,708	166,971	160,495	152,300	132,583	115,341
New Plymouth District	21 Public Debt	130,220	136,700	148,570	156,830	163,120	166,560	170,950	172,990	169,850	168,040
TOTAL: New Zealand LTAs	21 Public Debt	6,975,994	8,417,357	9,201,501	9,952,850	10,679,972	10,997,179	11,179,668	11,160,790	11,021,569	10,844,202
North Shore City Council	21 Public Debt	434,436	456,652	504,085	531,278	573,271	606,227	635,779	656,175	673,464	700,319
Northland Region	21 Public Debt	105	108	111	114	117	120	123	127	130	134
Opotiki District	21 Public Debt	3,840	3,493	3,898	3,898	3,898	7,233	7,519	7,339	6,999	6,999
Otago Region	21 Public Debt	10,020	26,387	36,474	32,509	27,492	21,851	17,405	15,906	14,306	12,597
Otorohanga District	21 Public Debt	15,025	14,482	12,737	12,059	10,360	9,463	8,357	7,013	6,231	4,324
Palmerston North City	21 Public Debt	157,207	171,748	175,942	201,420	219,558	238,079	239,841	242,253	233,451	229,391
Papakura District Council	21 Public Debt	42,877	68,117	85,625	101,845	110,006	113,669	110,210	104,982	96,658	89,386
Porirua City	21 Public Debt	36,458	45,958	48,458	50,958	54,558	52,058	53,558	57,058	58,058	55,458
Provincial Councils	21 Public Debt	2,197,305	2,596,686	2,847,202	3,124,349	3,369,688	3,516,580	3,569,138	3,526,734	3,475,638	3,405,655
Queenstown-Lakes District	21 Public Debt	110,827	127,388	137,234	169,870	237,330	264,372	300,568	339,250	368,759	392,541
Rangitikei District	21 Public Debt	1,078	7,753	10,406	12,707	12,540	11,562	11,124	10,559	10,031	9,529
Regional Councils	21 Public Debt	271,069	365,257	425,721	460,560	492,530	489,537	481,724	501,527	494,649	479,063
Rodney District Council	21 Public Debt	287,175	318,934	330,662	350,413	370,374	378,292	379,878	376,839	368,250	359,048
Rotorua District	21 Public Debt	138,724	159,031	167,354	166,780	175,074	169,095	159,122	148,374	130,569	112,417
Ruapehu District	21 Public Debt	29,742	31,660	32,108	33,441	35,156	36,309	36,346	36,178	35,576	35,155
Rural Councils	21 Public Debt	324,602	375,090	396,012	424,347	442,886	445,447	433,259	421,443	406,732	402,341
Selwyn District	21 Public Debt	46,100	89,809	98,967	98,752	97,274	92,090	89,480	86,009	79,898	68,838
South Taranaki District	21 Public Debt	111,547	123,422	130,141	144,305	157,597	162,381	164,446	161,865	159,547	156,809
South Waikato District	21 Public Debt	5,671	6,971	7,277	7,453	7,460	8,143	8,522	8,238	7,167	6,101
South Wairarapa District	21 Public Debt	8,093	13,030	13,015	13,015	13,015	13,215	13,215	13,215	13,215	13,215
Southland District	21 Public Debt	19,536	19,999	25,039	24,716	32,353	32,362	32,053	36,827	37,033	39,895
Southland Region	21 Public Debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stratford District	21 Public Debt	6,136	5,603	5,900	12,478	12,403	12,871	12,270	12,280	11,655	12,619
Taranaki Region	21 Public Debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tararua District	21 Public Debt	15,118	16,239	16,128	16,227	15,108	13,630	12,437	11,317	10,030	10,191
Tasman District	21 Public Debt	124,147	142,945	161,941	184,729	202,332	218,278	233,062	249,170	259,906	269,527
Taupo District	21 Public Debt	141,854	168,102	182,332	197,229	201,064	202,641	191,292	194,421	206,636	194,598
Tauranga City Council *	21 Public Debt	327,682	354,042	410,074	411,990	455,076	447,209	456,953	423,432	376,214	354,277
Thames-Coromandel District	21 Public Debt	67,106	68,066	69,986	68,168	76,469	93,691	95,527	88,899	98,352	118,162
Timaru District	21 Public Debt	51,729	64,283	81,352	94,538	107,824	128,804	132,911	128,509	126,904	124,093
Upper Hutt City	21 Public Debt	19,621	20,457	21,366	22,036	24,195	25,927	27,332	27,560	31,892	36,192
Waikato District	21 Public Debt	35,414	38,903	44,889	46,296	45,574	52,028	48,692	41,031	36,663	32,099
Waikato Region	21 Public Debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Waimakariri District	21 Public Debt	42,411	43,620	46,310	56,072	69,430	66,560	72,609	66,882	64,387	59,827
Waimate District	21 Public Debt	3,416	3,486	6,461	6,122	5,460	4,739	4,392	2,999	2,040	609
Waipa District	21 Public Debt	34,600	47,100	55,900	73,200	80,000	83,900	89,900	84,400	84,400	78,900
Wairoa District	21 Public Debt	1,428	1,538	4,978	5,155	5,265	5,721	5,831	5,941	6,051	6,161
Waitakere City Council	21 Public Debt	635,121	747,444	854,822	952,870	1,025,180	1,068,333	1,072,042	1,047,591	993,404	901,885
Waitaki District	21 Public Debt	1,864	3,511	6,308	3,655	3	1	0	0	0	0
Waitomo District	21 Public Debt	47,782	51,548	53,123	53,730	54,140	54,632	54,435	53,997	52,807	51,922
Wanganui District	21 Public Debt	79,316	84,505	88,386	90,205	88,997	85,064	81,702	75,435	67,484	60,069
Wellington City Council *	21 Public Debt	283,222	356,121	355,910	348,656	353,923	351,923	340,184	339,610	357,027	369,632
Wellington Region	21 Public Debt	125,473	162,527	181,973	200,684	218,554	223,959	226,303	229,617	230,200	225,473
West Coast Region	21 Public Debt	3,421	4,270	4,042	3,957	3,703	3,427	3,211	3,078	2,809	3,171
Western Bay of Plenty District	21 Public Debt	130,370	149,401	158,902	174,403	187,404	194,405	196,406	175,907	164,408	146,409
Westland District	21 Public Debt	9,791	11,894	11,570	13,393	13,561	14,553	15,239	14,637	14,035	13,432
Whakatane District	21 Public Debt	23,046	30,951	31,737	26,847	30,499	41,297	43,948	44,182	42,329	40,144
Whangarei District	21 Public Debt	119,638	123,530	127,628	129,106	124,267	122,460	125,912	128,613	128,538	129,912
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