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                    [custom2] => 1. Archives New Zealand, Valuation Department (V) Record Group, Undated
2. Valuation department, 1982, 'Handbook for local authorities' (4th edition), Government Printer, New Zealand
3. Archives New Zealand, 2005, Valuation New Zealand - Head Office (AAVI) Agency documentation
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            [history] => 
This agency was created by Archives New Zealand to describe the records it holds that relate to the Valuation Department from 1893 to 1987.  
The main function of the Valuation Department was to estimate and record the value of the owners' estate or interest in all land in New Zealand.  
Provision for the taxing and rating of land was made from the earliest days of organised European settlement, for example, the Property Rate Ordinance of 1844, which introduced a tax on both property and incomes, the Municipal Corporation Ordinance of the same year, providing for rating in boroughs, the Stamp Duties Act of 1866 (stamp and death duties), and a number of Ordinances under the provincial administrations which provided for the establishment and regulation of local government units, and their revenue-raising powers.  When the Provincial Government system was ended in 1876, new Acts were created to support the change in political structure.  Three major Acts were introduced in 1876 - the Municipal Corporations Act, the Counties Act, and the Ratings Act.  Land tax was re-imposed in 1878, with a further property tax on real and personal property imposed in 1879.
Land needed to be valued before the new rates and taxes could be imposed.  Valuers were appointed by the Taxation Commissioner for this purpose, and the individual local authorities, all acting independently, had to prepare the necessary valuation rolls.  Some rationalisation took place in 1882, to the extent that several different standards of record keeping for the valuation rolls came into being.  Four different kinds of valuation rolls were being used in 1882:

Rolls still rated on the annual (or rental) value.

Property Tax Commissioner's rolls showing capital values.

Local authority rolls obtained from the Commissioner, complete as to capital values, but maintained by local authorities.

Local authority rolls obtained from the Commissioner, but where capital values were assessed by valuers, appointed by the local authority.  On these rolls, land acquired from the Crown was to be assessed at the price paid, and the values for properties owned by the Crown and Maori were to be fixed by the Commissioner.


The 1896 Government Valuation of Land Act provided for the appointment of a Valuer-General, who would have the statutory duty of preparing, maintaining, and periodically revising a general valuation roll for the colony, showing three sets of values - capital, unimproved, and value of improvements.  The general valuation roll would be the standard roll on which the valuation rolls of all local authorities rating on either capital or unimproved values would be based.  Valuations could also be used for the assessment of land tax, stamp duties and death duties, and to assist with advances and investment on mortgage of land, as directed by the Governor in Council. The Public Officers' Appointment and Power Act of 1904 separated the offices of Valuer-General and Commissioner of Taxes, making the Valuer-General then became an autonomous officer of the State.
The Department also performed advisory functions in the fields of valuation methods, economics rating and town planning.
The 1896 Act, and amendments, was consolidated in the Valuation of Land Act of 1908.  Further consolidation took place in 1925 and 1951.
The Head Office only had an administrative function.  The Department had four regional offices; they, in turn, were responsible for 27 District Offices. The Regional Offices were located in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Christchurch.  The Wellington Regional Office became a District Office in 1987, under the control of the Palmerston North Regional Office.
The Department was directed to prepare, revise and amend the valuation rolls for each district, under the Valuation of Land Act.  Certain information was maintained in respect of each separate property.
From these district valuation rolls, valuation rolls used by local authorities rating on capital and land value and, in some instances, land area, were compiled and supplied.
Rolls for use by local authorities rating on annual value were supplied where the Valuer-General had accepted appointment as the local authority's valuer. 
Other uses for district valuation rolls were: 

The levying of land tax; the assessment of Stamp, Estate and Gift Duty.

 Advances or investments on mortgage of land by government departments or under the Trustee Act.

Fixing the price payable by lessees to the Crown for acquiring the freehold of Crown Lands.

Assisting local authorities in regard to rural housing loans.

In assessing rentals in the sub-division of land.

Assisting the Maori Land Courts in estimating the adequacy of consideration on proposed alienations of Maori lands.


There were a variety of ways that the valuations created by this Department were used, and the Department held a key position in a wide field of general and local government.
In 1987, the Valuation Department changed its name to 'Valuation New Zealand'.  
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