Tauranga 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

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3. D
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5. E
6. E
7. E
8. E
9. E
10. E
11. F
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13. F
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18. G
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LightestHeaviest

• Tauranga City Council

• Phone

  7.04 MB

• Laptop

  6.94 MB

First pageiLater pagei

1. Homepage

   /

   First page

   Phone 7.04 MB

   Laptop 6.94 MB

   Later page

   Phone 5.88 MB

   Laptop 6.03 MB

2. Rubbish and recycling

   /Services/Rubbish-and-recycling

   First page

   Phone 1.25 MB

   Laptop 1.25 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.21 MB

   Laptop 0.21 MB

3. Rates

   /Property-and-rates

   First page

   Phone 1.19 MB

   Laptop 1.19 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.33 MB

   Laptop 0.33 MB

4. Building consents

   /Building-and-development/Building-and-Resource-consents

   First page

   Phone 1.28 MB

   Laptop 1.28 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.11 MB

   Laptop 0.11 MB

5. Contact

   /contact-us

   First page

   Phone 1.19 MB

   Laptop 1.19 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.02 MB

   Laptop 0.02 MB

• Tauranga City Council’s own files

  This website

  5.39 MB76%

• YouTube

  Video

  1.06 MB15%

• Google Tag Manager

  Tag manager

  0.51 MB7%

• Google Fonts

  Hosting and delivery

  0.06 MB1%

• Inspectlet

  Analytics

  0.03 MB0%

• Unknown source

  0.01 MB0%

• Images

  4.75 MB

• Scripts

  1.65 MB

• Fonts

  0.38 MB

• Styles

  0.17 MB

• Other

  0.11 MB

1. Image · Tauranga City Council

   lets-talk-hpbanner.png

   Homepage

   1.07 MB

2. Image · Tauranga City Council

   thumb_aid11115kulim-park.png

   Homepage

   0.93 MB

3. Image · Tauranga City Council

   te-manawataki-o-te-papa-hp-tile.jpg

   Homepage

   0.82 MB

4. Image · Tauranga City Council

   thumb_aid11433pacific-park.png

   Homepage

   0.51 MB

5. Image · Tauranga City Council

   img-Mauao-recovery-update-LTT-768-512-p-L-97.jpg

   Homepage

   0.49 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 7 images to the size screens show them

   Homepage and 1 more · Tauranga City Council Laptop

   Homepage, Rubbish and recycling

   Saves most on the homepage

   at least 1.17 MB

2. Choice

   YouTube (Video): you choose whether it loads

   Homepage and 1 more · YouTube

   Homepage, Rubbish and recycling

   Saves most on the homepage

   up to 0.98 MB

3. Fix

   Compress 11 images that are already the right size

   Homepage and 1 more · Tauranga City Council Phone

   Homepage, Rubbish and recycling

   Saves most on the homepage

   at least 0.85 MB

4. Fix

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

   Every page · Tauranga City Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.24 MB

5. Fix

   Cut 11 fonts down to the characters used

   Every page · Tauranga City Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.23 MB

6. Choice

   Check every marketing tag still earns its place: 3 companies

   Every page · Google/Doubleclick Ads, Inspectlet, Qualtrics

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.14 MB

If this website had 100,000 page views a year, they would cause about 19 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. Tauranga City Council’s is 2.12 MB.