Palmerston North City 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

1. C
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. E
6. E
7. E
8. E
9. E
10. E
11. F
12. F
13. F
14. F
15. F
16. F
17. F
18. G
19. G

LightestHeaviest

• Palmerston North City Council

• Phone

  3.46 MB

• Laptop

  3.42 MB

First pageiLater pagei

1. Homepage

   /

   First page

   Phone 3.46 MB

   Laptop 3.42 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.62 MB

   Laptop 0.92 MB

2. Rubbish and recycling

   /Services/Rubbish-and-recycling

   First page

   Phone 3.67 MB

   Laptop 3.06 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.84 MB

   Laptop 0.59 MB

3. Rates

   /Rates-Building-Property/Rates

   First page

   Phone 2.89 MB

   Laptop 2.89 MB

   Later page

   Phone at least 0.04 MB

   Laptop at least 0.04 MB

4. Building consents

   /Rates-Building-Property/Building-consents-and-inspections

   First page

   Phone 2.69 MB

   Laptop 2.93 MB

   Later page

   Phone at least 0.04 MB

   Laptop at least 0.04 MB

5. Contact

   /Contact-us

   First page

   Phone 4.74 MB

   Laptop 4.95 MB

   Later page

   Phone 2.08 MB

   Laptop 2.08 MB

• Palmerston North City Council’s own files

  This website

  0.92 MB27%

• Google Tag Manager

  Tag manager

  0.76 MB22%

• Google Maps

  Utility

  0.37 MB11%

• Facebook

  Advertising and social

  0.22 MB6%

• 6 more companies

  Google Fonts, Hosting and delivery, 0.15 MB
  Browsealoud, 0.09 MB
  mPulse, Analytics, 0.06 MB
  Google CDN, Hosting and delivery, 0.03 MB
  New Relic, Utility, 0.03 MB
  Lucky Orange, Analytics, 0.01 MB

  0.38 MB11%

• Unknown source

  0.80 MB23%

• Scripts

  2.59 MB

• Images

  0.60 MB

• Fonts

  0.15 MB

• Styles

  0.08 MB

• Other

  0.04 MB

1. Script · Unknown source

   main.bundle.js

   Contact

   1.66 MB

2. Image · Palmerston North City Council

   he-ara-kotahi-path-keebles-bush-crossing-2000px.jpg

   Homepage

   0.27 MB

3. Script · Unknown source

   muiVendor.min.js

   Every page

   0.26 MB

4. Script · Google Tag Manager

   googletagmanager.com/gtag/js

   Every page

   0.20 MB

5. Script · Unknown source

   genesys.min.js

   Every page

   0.18 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. Choice

   Google Maps (Utility): you choose whether it loads

   Every page · Google Maps

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.28 MB

2. Choice

   Check every marketing tag still earns its place: 5 companies

   Every page · several companies

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.24 MB

3. Fix

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

   Every page · Palmerston North City Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.19 MB

4. Choice

   Google Fonts: you choose whether it loads

   Every page · Google Fonts

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.12 MB

5. Fix

   Resize and compress 9 images to the size screens show them

   Homepage and 1 more · Palmerston North City Council Laptop

   Homepage, Rubbish and recycling

   Saves most on the Rubbish and recycling page

   up to 0.08 MB

6. Fix

   Compress 1 image that is already the right size

   Every page · Palmerston North City Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to under 0.01 MB

If this website had 100,000 page views a year, they would cause about 25 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. Palmerston North City Council’s is at least 2.78 MB.