Far North District Council

1. Oct 2026

First measured October 2026.

1. Kāpiti Coast District Council, 1.23 MB
2. Waimakariri District Council, 1.26 MB
3. Hamilton City Council, 1.59 MB
4. Hutt City Council, 1.61 MB
5. Whangārei District Council, 1.92 MB
6. Invercargill City Council, 2.11 MB
7. Tauranga City Council, 2.12 MB
8. Auckland Council, 2.24 MB
9. Far North District Council, 2.32 MB
10. Western Bay of Plenty District Council, 2.34 MB
11. Christchurch City Council, at least 2.54 MB
12. Dunedin City Council, 2.65 MB
13. Waikato District Council, at least 2.77 MB
14. Palmerston North City Council, at least 2.78 MB
15. Rotorua Lakes Council, 3.13 MB
16. Napier City Council, 3.56 MB
17. Nelson City Council, 3.86 MB
18. Selwyn District Council, 5.98 MB
19. New Plymouth District Council, 6.29 MB

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5. E
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7. E
8. E
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10. E
11. F
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18. G
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LightestHeaviest

• Far North District Council

• Phone

  2.68 MB

• Laptop

  4.95 MB

First pageiLater pagei

1. Homepage

   /

   First page

   Phone 2.68 MB

   Laptop 4.95 MB

   Later page

   Phone 1.43 MB

   Laptop 3.66 MB

2. Rubbish and recycling

   /Services/Rubbish-and-Recycling

   First page

   Phone 3.57 MB

   Laptop 2.87 MB

   Later page

   Phone 2.27 MB

   Laptop 1.54 MB

3. Rates

   /Services/Rates

   First page

   Phone 1.79 MB

   Laptop 1.64 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.55 MB

   Laptop 0.33 MB

4. Building consents

   /Services/Building-consents

   First page

   Phone 2.03 MB

   Laptop 1.65 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.52 MB

   Laptop 0.36 MB

• Far North District Council’s own files

  This website

  1.71 MB64%

• ZenDesk

  Chat

  0.42 MB16%

• Google Tag Manager

  Tag manager

  0.30 MB11%

• Unpkg

  Hosting and delivery

  0.15 MB6%

• 2 more companies

  ShareThis, Advertising and social, 0.06 MB
  Google Fonts, Hosting and delivery, 0.05 MB

  0.10 MB4%

• Images

  1.40 MB

• Scripts

  1.12 MB

• Other

  0.07 MB

• Styles

  0.04 MB

• Fonts

  0.04 MB

1. Image · Far North District Council

   1600w.png

   Homepage

   1.10 MB

2. Image · Far North District Council

   800w.png

   Homepage

   0.92 MB

3. Script · YouTube

   base.js (/s/player/c271e571/player_embed_es6.vflset/en_US/base.js)

   Rubbish and recycling

   0.48 MB

4. Script · YouTube

   base.js (/s/player/0229cd64/player_embed_es6.vflset/en_US/base.js)

   Rubbish and recycling

   0.48 MB

5. Script · YouTube

   base.js (/s/player/67288f35/player_embed_es6.vflset/en_US/base.js)

   Rubbish and recycling

   0.47 MB

Fix

Nothing a visitor would notice

Choice

Removes or delays something

Worked out on a phone and a laptop. The icons show where each saving applies.

1. Fix

   Resize and compress 25 images to the size screens show them

   Every page · Far North District Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 1.27 MB

2. Choice

   YouTube (Video): you choose whether it loads

   Rubbish and recycling and 1 more · YouTube

   Rubbish and recycling, Rates

   Saves most on the Rubbish and recycling page

   up to 0.94 MB

3. Choice

   Load the chat only when someone opens it

   Every page · ZenDesk

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.31 MB

4. Fix

   Ship less of your own code: scripts and styles that did not run while the homepage loaded

   Every page · Far North District Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.18 MB

5. Choice

   Unpkg: you choose whether it loads

   Homepage · Unpkg Phone

   Saves most on the homepage

   0.15 MB

6. Fix

   Compress 1 image that is already the right size

   Every page · Far North District Council Phone

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.01 MB

If this website had 100,000 page views a year, they would cause about 21 kg of carbon emissions.

Built to grade A (an average page view of 0.53 MB or less), the same page views would cause about 4.8 kg.

A grade C badge needs an average page view of 1.41 MB or less. Far North District Council’s is 2.32 MB.