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Council Dues & Charges

Fees and charges are used by Council to recover costs for a service provided to the community.

Fees and charges for Council's services are based on a cost recovery basis and are subject to change. These may be updated at any time during the year to meet changing market conditions.

Administration requests
Fee type Description Cost
Information requests Staff time $48 per half hour or part thereof
Printed Council agenda   $5 per copy
Photocopying With own paper 10 cents per copy
With CIC paper 20 cents per copy
With CIC coloured paper 50 cents per copy
With CIC card 50 cents per copy
Colour printing (with CIC paper) From $2.50 per copy
Double sided photocopies 30 cents per copy
Laminating Per page $3
Stationery A4 paper per ream (white) $19
A4 paper per ream (coloured) $22
Envelopes – plain 65 cents per envelope
Envelopes – plain with postage $1.40 per envelope
Large envelopes $1.70 per envelope

Housing
Housing type Description Cost per week
Community housing Rental - 3 bdrm $162
Rental - 2 bdrm $130
Staff housing Rental - 3 bdrm $202

Chatham Island Council collects a levy on all goods imported and exported from the Chatham Islands

The exact amount payable varies from item to item, depending on if carriage is by sea or air.

Council dues are authorised by the Chatham Islands Council Act 1995(external link).

Carriage by sea

Chatham Islands Shipping administer the charges and more detailed information can be found on the Chatham Islands Shipping Limited webpage (Rates)(external link).
Carriage by sea Quantity 2025/26 fee GST exclusive
Rock lobster, paua, scallops and oysters Tonne $200
Other fish meat and fish bait Tonne $18
Cooler goods (fruit, vege, etc.) m³ $5
General cargo m³/Tonne* $18
Diesel, oil in bulk 1,000 litres $24
Petrol/Avgas in bulk tanks 1,000 litres $25
Petrol/Avgas in 200 litre drums Drum $5
Hazardous goods m³/Tonne* $18
Small vehicles (including small trailers, motorbikes, etc.) m³ $5
Large vehicles (including cars, boats, trailers, etc.) m³ $50
Timber m³ $12
Dry bulk (cement, fertiliser, coal, animal feed) m³/Tonne* $12
Wool and moss Bale $12
Animals, large (cattle/horses) Each $5
Animals, small (sheep, pigs, dogs, fowls, goats) Each $1
Minimum freight   $24.30

*m³/Tonne - whichever is the greatest.

Carriage by air

Air Chathams administers the charges and more detailed information can be found on the Air Chathams cargo webpage(external link).
Carriage by air Quantity 2025/26 fee GST exclusive
Rock lobster, paua, scallops and oysters Tonne $200
Other fish meat and fish bait Tonne $18
General cargo kg 3.04
Minimum freight   $17.50