Maximum Contribution Applying in Each Territorial Local Authority Region From 1 August 2021
Under section 53 of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018, the Director-General of Health is required to notify the maximum contribution that applies in each region for long-term aged residential care.
The maximum contribution is the maximum weekly amount (inclusive of GST) that a resident assessed as requiring long-term residential care (through a needs assessment and service coordination agency) is required to pay for contracted care services provided to them in the region in which their rest home or continuing care hospital is located.
The maximum contribution is the same for all residents regardless of the type of contracted care services they receive. It is equivalent to the rest home contract price applying to residential care facilities in each territorial local authority region.
The maximum contribution set by this notice applies from 1 August 2021 and replaces the previous maximum contribution notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 29 June 2021, Notice No. 2021-go2606.
The daily GST exclusive contract price for rest home services applying in 2020/21 has been increased by 2.8% and $6.40 added, GST has been added and the result has been multiplied by seven to determine the new maximum contribution. The calculations are rounded to two decimal places at each step.
| Region: Territorial Local Authority | District Health Board | Maximum Contribution Weekly (GST Inclusive) $ |
| Far North District | Northland | $1,181.88 |
| Whangarei District | Northland | $1,208.76 |
| Kaipara District | Northland | $1,181.88 |
| Rodney District | Waitemata | $1,239.14 |
| North Shore City | Waitemata | $1,272.39 |
| Waitakere City | Waitemata | $1,245.79 |
| Auckland City | Auckland | $1,276.80 |
| Manukau City | Counties Manukau | $1,263.50 |
| Papakura District | Counties Manukau | $1,239.14 |
| Franklin District | Counties Manukau | $1,205.40 |
| Thames-Coromandel District | Waikato | $1,186.64 |
| Hauraki District | Waikato | $1,186.64 |
| Waikato District | Waikato | $1,186.64 |
| Matamata-Piako District | Waikato | $1,186.64 |
| Hamilton City | Waikato | $1,217.93 |
| Waipa District | Waikato | $1,186.64 |
| Otorohanga District | Waikato | $1,177.47 |
| South Waikato District | Waikato | $1,177.47 |
| Waitomo District | Waikato | $1,181.95 |
| Taupo District | Lakes | $1,208.76 |
| Western Bay of Plenty District | Bay of Plenty | $1,205.40 |
| Tauranga City | Bay of Plenty | $1,224.16 |
| Rotorua District | Lakes | $1,208.76 |
| Whakatane District | Bay of Plenty | $1,199.80 |
| Kawerau District | Bay of Plenty | $1,181.88 |
| Opotiki District | Bay of Plenty | $1,181.88 |
| Gisborne District | Tairawhiti | $1,184.33 |
| Wairoa District | Hawke’s Bay | $1,204.21 |
| Hastings District | Hawke’s Bay | $1,204.21 |
| Napier City | Hawke’s Bay | $1,204.21 |
| Central Hawke’s Bay District | Hawke’s Bay | $1,204.21 |
| New Plymouth District | Taranaki | $1,204.21 |
| Stratford District | Taranaki | $1,181.88 |
| South Taranaki District | Taranaki | $1,186.64 |
| Ruapehu District | Waikato | $1,181.95 |
| Wanganui District | Whanganui | $1,186.64 |
| Rangitikei District | Whanganui | $1,181.88 |
| Manawatu District | MidCentral | $1,181.88 |
| Palmerston North City | MidCentral | $1,199.80 |
| Tararua District | MidCentral | $1,181.88 |
| Horowhenua District | MidCentral | $1,181.88 |
| Kapiti Coast District | MidCentral and Capital & Coast | $1,208.76 |
| Porirua City | Capital & Coast | $1,208.76 |
| Upper Hutt City | Hutt Valley | $1,199.80 |
| Lower Hutt City | Hutt Valley | $1,226.19 |
| Wellington City | Capital & Coast | $1,246.21 |
| Masterton District | Wairarapa | $1,184.33 |
| Carterton District | Wairarapa | $1,181.88 |
| South Wairarapa District | Wairarapa | $1,181.88 |
| Tasman District | Nelson Marlborough | $1,231.02 |
| Nelson City | Nelson Marlborough | $1,231.02 |
| Marlborough District | Nelson Marlborough | $1,199.80 |
| Kaikoura District | Canterbury | $1,205.40 |
| Buller District | West Coast | $1,177.47 |
| Grey District | West Coast | $1,177.47 |
| Westland District | West Coast | $1,177.47 |
| Hurunui District | Canterbury | $1,186.64 |
| Waimakariri District | Canterbury | $1,205.40 |
| Christchurch City | Canterbury | $1,213.10 |
| Banks Peninsula District | Canterbury | $1,213.10 |
| Selwyn District | Canterbury | $1,205.40 |
| Ashburton District | Canterbury | $1,190.91 |
| Timaru District | South Canterbury | $1,186.64 |
| Waimate District | South Canterbury | $1,177.47 |
| Waitaki District | Southern | $1,177.47 |
| Central Otago District | Southern | $1,181.88 |
| Queenstown-Lakes District | Southern | $1,226.82 |
| Dunedin City | Southern | $1,199.80 |
| Clutha District | Southern | $1,177.47 |
| Southland District | Southern | $1,177.47 |
| Gore District | Southern | $1,177.47 |
| Invercargill City | Southern | $1,181.88 |
Copies of the maximum contribution amounts and other information about income and asset testing can be found on the Ministry of Health website at www.health.govt.nz/our-work/life-stages/health-older-people/long-term-residential-care/maximum-contribution.
Needs assessment and service coordination agencies, Specialised Processing Services, Work and Income of the Ministry of Social Development and residential care providers, will also be able to advise the maximum contributions applying in each region.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of July 2021.
Dr ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD, Director-General of Health.