Wairarapa dog owners have one week left to pay their 2025/26 dog registration fees or face having a 50 percent penalty added to the cost.

Owners of registered dogs received invoices for registration fees in early June.

All dogs must be registered by 1 July of each year or before the dog is three months old.

In Masterton District, all owners who register their dogs by 31 July go into the draw to win one of their dogs’ registration fees back, with three chances to win.

The registration year is the same across all councils and runs from 1 July to 30 June every year. This is a legal requirement under Section 36 of the Dog Control Act 1996.

All dogs (except working farm dogs) registered for the first time must be microchipped within two months of registration.

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