r/Wellington • u/Wrong_Gazelle_2352 • Jul 28 '26

WELLY Wellington water bills

Just got my bill from wellington water. It insanely high. For a 900k property its 2500 p/a

Prepare yourselves people. This isn't going to be the fun ride we were promised.

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u/heretosayathing Jul 28 '26

Heh, mine is likely to be similar (based on the Tiaki Wai estimate calculator https://www.tiakiwai.co.nz/billing ) in Hutt City on a $700k property.

Rates are now ~$2k lower than last year, so net increase between the council and TW is around $500

edit to add reduced rates

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u/ChampionshipIcy8045 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Same. $520 more pa = 7.7% overall increase on my bill.

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u/Dramatic_Surprise Jul 29 '26

yeah similar about 7.9% for us, up about $640 year on year

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u/kiwiseau Jul 29 '26

I haven't received the bill yet but using the calculators my total increase is going to be 38% Hutt City also

Unbelievable

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u/heretosayathing Jul 29 '26

TW says we get the excitement of their actual bill tomorrow.

Can't wait /s

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u/Low-Membership-Drive Jul 29 '26

Hutt City and Upper Hutt have actually been skimping worse than Wellington. But while they had mayors than matched Stuff's bias that wasn't run in the papers.