Maximum Contribution Applying in Each Territorial Local Authority Region From 1 September 2022
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 September 2022 and replaces the previous maximum contribution notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 30 June 2022, Notice No. 2022-go2606.
The daily GST exclusive contract price for rest home care has been increased by 4 percent of the sum of the 1 August 2021 price and $0.23 cents. The $0.23 is the amount that the 1 August 2021 price was less than intended because of an underestimation of the effect of the Labour Cost Index on support worker wages. 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 | Maximum Contribution Weekly (GST Inclusive) $ |
| Far North District | $1,250.83 |
| Whangarei District | $1,278.83 |
| Kaipara District | $1,250.83 |
| Rodney District | $1,310.33 |
| North Shore City | $1,344.91 |
| Waitakere City | $1,317.33 |
| Auckland City | $1,349.60 |
| Manukau City | $1,335.74 |
| Papakura District | $1,310.33 |
| Franklin District | $1,275.26 |
| Thames-Coromandel District | $1,255.80 |
| Hauraki District | $1,255.80 |
| Waikato District | $1,255.80 |
| Matamata-Piako District | $1,255.80 |
| Hamilton City | $1,288.35 |
| Waipa District | $1,255.80 |
| Otorohanga District | $1,246.28 |
| South Waikato District | $1,246.28 |
| Waitomo District | $1,250.90 |
| Taupo District | $1,278.83 |
| Western Bay of Plenty District | $1,275.26 |
| Tauranga City | $1,294.86 |
| Rotorua District | $1,278.83 |
| Whakatane District | $1,269.45 |
| Kawerau District | $1,250.83 |
| Opotiki District | $1,250.83 |
| Gisborne District | $1,253.42 |
| Wairoa District | $1,274.14 |
| Hastings District | $1,274.14 |
| Napier City | $1,274.14 |
| Central Hawke’s Bay District | $1,274.14 |
| New Plymouth District | $1,274.14 |
| Stratford District | $1,250.83 |
| South Taranaki District | $1,255.80 |
| Ruapehu District | $1,250.90 |
| Wanganui District | $1,255.80 |
| Rangitikei District | $1,250.83 |
| Manawatu District | $1,250.83 |
| Palmerston North City | $1,269.45 |
| Tararua District | $1,250.83 |
| Horowhenua District | $1,250.83 |
| Kapiti Coast District | $1,278.83 |
| Porirua City | $1,278.83 |
| Upper Hutt City | $1,269.45 |
| Lower Hutt City | $1,296.89 |
| Wellington City | $1,317.75 |
| Masterton District | $1,253.42 |
| Carterton District | $1,250.83 |
| South Wairarapa District | $1,250.83 |
| Tasman District | $1,301.93 |
| Nelson City | $1,301.93 |
| Marlborough District | $1,269.45 |
| Kaikoura District | $1,275.26 |
| Buller District | $1,246.28 |
| Grey District | $1,246.28 |
| Westland District | $1,246.28 |
| Hurunui District | $1,255.80 |
| Waimakariri District | $1,275.26 |
| Christchurch City | $1,283.31 |
| Banks Peninsula District | $1,283.31 |
| Selwyn District | $1,275.26 |
| Ashburton District | $1,260.28 |
| Timaru District | $1,255.80 |
| Waimate District | $1,246.28 |
| Waitaki District | $1,246.28 |
| Central Otago District | $1,250.83 |
| Queenstown-Lakes District | $1,297.52 |
| Dunedin City | $1,269.45 |
| Clutha District | $1,246.28 |
| Southland District | $1,246.28 |
| Gore District | $1,246.28 |
| Invercargill City | $1,250.83 |
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 26th day of August 2022.
Dr DIANA SARFATI, Director-General of Health.