Rotorua Lakes 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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11. F
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LightestHeaviest

• Rotorua Lakes Council

• Phone

  4.91 MB

• Laptop

  4.92 MB

First pageiLater pagei

1. Homepage

   /

   First page

   Phone 4.91 MB

   Laptop 4.92 MB

   Later page

   Phone 2.02 MB

   Laptop 2.21 MB

2. Rubbish and recycling

   /property-building-bins/rubbish-recycling-fogo

   First page

   Phone 3.58 MB

   Laptop 3.59 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.88 MB

   Laptop 0.88 MB

3. Rates

   /property-building-bins/pay-your-rates

   First page

   Phone 3.24 MB

   Laptop 3.27 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.11 MB

   Laptop 0.21 MB

4. Building consents

   /property-building-bins/building-resource-consents

   First page

   Phone 3.84 MB

   Laptop 3.95 MB

   Later page

   Phone 1.10 MB

   Laptop 1.10 MB

5. Contact

   /contact-us

   First page

   Phone 3.76 MB

   Laptop 3.77 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.34 MB

   Laptop 0.04 MB

• Rotorua Lakes Council’s own files

  This website

  2.40 MB49%

• Facebook

  Advertising and social

  1.08 MB22%

• Google Tag Manager

  Tag manager

  0.52 MB10%

• Google reCAPTCHA

  Utility

  0.36 MB7%

• 2 more companies

  Google Maps, Utility, 0.10 MB
  Google Analytics, Analytics, 0.02 MB

  0.13 MB3%

• Unknown source

  0.43 MB9%

• Images

  2.80 MB

• Scripts

  1.80 MB

• Fonts

  0.22 MB

• Styles

  0.07 MB

• Other

  0.03 MB

1. Image · Rotorua Lakes Council

   bins 800 x 500.png

   Rubbish and recycling

   0.70 MB

2. Image · Rotorua Lakes Council

   building 3 800 x 500.png

   Building consents

   0.58 MB

3. Image · Rotorua Lakes Council

   LWDW - Web Banners 2026 - 800 x 640.png

   Homepage

   0.58 MB

4. Image · Rotorua Lakes Council

   building 2 800 x 500.png

   Building consents

   0.49 MB

5. Script · Google reCAPTCHA

   recaptcha__en.js

   Every page

   0.36 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

   Check every marketing tag still earns its place: 3 companies

   Every page · Facebook, Google Analytics, Google/Doubleclick Ads Phone

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.98 MB

2. Choice

   Google CDN: you choose whether it loads

   Every page · Google CDN Phone

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.66 MB

3. Fix

   Compress 7 images that are already the right size

   Homepage and 2 more · Rotorua Lakes Council Phone

   Homepage, Rubbish and recycling, Building consents

   Saves most on the homepage

   at least 0.61 MB

4. Choice

   Google Maps: you choose whether it loads

   Every page · Google Maps Phone

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.45 MB

5. Fix

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

   Every page · Rotorua Lakes Council Phone

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.32 MB

6. Fix

   Resize and compress 1 image to the size screens show them

   Every page · Rotorua Lakes Council Phone

   Saves this on every page

   at least 0.06 MB

If this website had 100,000 page views a year, they would cause about 28 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. Rotorua Lakes Council’s is 3.13 MB.