Waimakariri 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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LightestHeaviest

• Waimakariri District Council

• Phone

  2.24 MB

• Laptop

  2.34 MB

First pageiLater pagei

1. Homepage

   /home

   First page

   Phone 2.24 MB

   Laptop 2.34 MB

   Later page

   Phone 1.13 MB

   Laptop 1.10 MB

2. Rubbish and recycling

   /services/rubbish,-recycling-and-organics

   First page

   Phone 1.66 MB

   Laptop 1.95 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.56 MB

   Laptop 0.71 MB

3. Rates

   /services/rates

   First page

   Phone 1.26 MB

   Laptop 1.26 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.02 MB

   Laptop 0.02 MB

4. Building consents

   /consents-and-licences/building-consents-and-information

   First page

   Phone 1.21 MB

   Laptop 1.21 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.02 MB

   Laptop 0.02 MB

5. Contact

   /council/contact-us

   First page

   Phone 1.26 MB

   Laptop 1.26 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.02 MB

   Laptop 0.02 MB

• Waimakariri District Council’s own files

  This website

  1.62 MB71%

• Google Tag Manager

  Tag manager

  0.35 MB16%

• Facebook

  Advertising and social

  0.21 MB9%

• Adform

  Advertising and social

  0.04 MB2%

• Google Analytics

  Analytics

  0.02 MB1%

• Unknown source

  0.02 MB1%

• Images

  1.22 MB

• Scripts

  0.77 MB

• Fonts

  0.15 MB

• Styles

  0.09 MB

• Other

  0.04 MB

1. Image · Waimakariri District Council

   bannerLrg.jpg (/__data/assets/image/0034/147679/varieties/bannerLrg.jpg)

   Homepage

   0.35 MB

2. Image · Waimakariri District Council

   bannerLrg.png

   Rubbish and recycling

   0.31 MB

3. Image · Waimakariri District Council

   bannerLrg.jpg (/__data/assets/image/0030/126498/varieties/bannerLrg.jpg)

   Rubbish and recycling

   0.28 MB

4. Image · Waimakariri District Council

   bannerSml.png (/__data/assets/image/0025/168271/varieties/bannerSml.png)

   Homepage

   0.24 MB

5. Image · Waimakariri District Council

   bannerSml.png (/__data/assets/image/0039/195879/varieties/bannerSml.png)

   Homepage

   0.22 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 11 images to the size screens show them

   Every page · Waimakariri District Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.30 MB

2. Choice

   Check every marketing tag still earns its place: 22 companies

   Every page · several companies

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.20 MB

3. Fix

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

   Every page · Waimakariri District Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.13 MB

4. Fix

   Cut 2 fonts down to the characters used

   Every page · Waimakariri District Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.11 MB

5. Fix

   Compress 13 images that are already the right size

   Homepage and 2 more · Waimakariri District Council

   Homepage, Rubbish and recycling, Contact

   Saves most on the homepage

   up to 0.11 MB

6. Choice

   Google Fonts: you choose whether it loads

   Every page · Google Fonts

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.10 MB

If this website had 100,000 page views a year, they would cause about 11 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.