Have you moved house in the last year? What about changing your email address or contact phone number?
If you are a registered dog owner with Tauranga City Council, our Animal Services team would like to know of these updates.
In the lead-up to dog registration, the team asks registered dog owners to check their details online via our website and update their contact details if they need changing. It's their way of helping you get ready for dog registrations 2022/23.
In previous years, nearly 1,000 tags had to be reissued due to being sent to the wrong address.
Acting Team Leader for Animal Services, Gary Dixon says when owners update their details, it gives the team confidence that they are sending out correspondence to the correct person and if via mail, it will be going to the correct address.
"In previous years, many owners have updated their contact details and re-registered their dog in June once registrations open. While this is appreciated, we would like to be better prepared this year and are encouraging dog owners to update their details during April and May.
"Once we get into June, they will only need to register their dog, and the Animal Services team can be confident that they have the correct owners' details to make the registration process as smooth as possible for everyone."
To update your details, head to our Pay dog registration online webpage and follow the prompts.
If you have any issues updating your details, you can call us on 07 577 7000 or email dogregistrations@tauranga.govt.nz.