The roll date was 12 August 2026.
Dividend Information
The 2026 Entrust dividend was paid on Wednesday 23 September 2026.
If you are getting a credit to your power account, please check your next power bill.
If we did not have payment details for you or if you moved or your details changed, we have sent you a dividend notification either via email or a letter in the post so you can provide your bank account details.
If you are eligible but haven’t received it by Monday 5 October, call us on 0800 436 878. But first, check if you are eligible.
If your retailer provided an email address for you, you can go to our secure web page and use the Lost Instructions button to arrange for the email to be re-sent.
If we don’t have an email for you, it may take a few days for the mail delivery to be completed, but if you haven’t received your dividend notification by Monday 5 October please call the freephone number 0800 4 ENTRUST (0800 436 878).
The dividend amount for 2026 is $377.
This year the Entrust dividend is $377. The amount varies each year as it depends on how many people are eligible to receive the dividend and how much profit is made by Vector, which is 75.1% owned by Entrust. Last year, the dividend was $364.
All beneficiaries receive $377 for each installation control point (ICP) on their power account/s. Most beneficiaries have one ICP and receive one payment. But some beneficiaries, such as businesses with branch offices or more than one ICP (who pay more than one power bill) receive more than one payment.
The amount is calculated by Entrust from the dividend it receives as majority shareholder of Vector Ltd. A dividend from Vector's profits is paid to Entrust by Vector and most of this is passed on by Entrust to our income beneficiaries. Also, as the population increases in the Entrust District, the number of people receiving the Entrust dividend also increases and this has to be included in the calculations each year.
The Entrust dividend is paid to all customers on the Vector electricity network in the Entrust district as at the roll date each year.
- Customers are the person/s named on the power bill.
- The Entrust district covers central, east and south Auckland.
- It is the areas of Auckland, Manukau, eastern Franklin and northern Papakura that were in the old Auckland Electric Power Board.
- The Vector electricity network is where Vector owns the power lines.
- The roll date is the date, at midnight, where we start preparing the roll of people who will receive this year’s Entrust dividend. You have to have your name on the roll to get the Entrust dividend.
Just keep your customer details up to date with your electricity retailer. Your electricity retailer sends us the names of all the electricity customers on the Vector network inside the Entrust district on the roll date when we are getting ready to pay the dividend.
Vector is required to run as a commercial company and make returns to its shareholders, including Entrust, by means of a dividend. The dividend comes from profits earned by all Vector’s businesses, not just the electricity lines in the Entrust District. For more information about all Vector’s businesses see www.vector.co.nz
Also, please note that Vector charges are only a part of the total power costs. Along with the electricity retailer’s own charges, and Vector lines charges, the power bill also includes transmission charges from Transpower, rates from Council, and regulatory levies.
Your dividend payment is ‘live’ for two years from the day of distribution. For this year the distribution was on 23 September 2026, so it expires on 22 September 2028. After that date, any dividends that have not been banked or claimed are forfeited and credited to the income of the Trust, as covered by the Trust Deed. You can see the Trust Deed.
The dividend is paid by Entrust to our beneficiaries. The money originally comes from dividends paid by Vector to its shareholders. Entrust is the majority shareholder of Vector.