Considering being a candidate in the upcoming 2025 local elections? Here is a selection of our key plans, policies and projects to help give an understanding of what Auckland Council has planned over the next three years. For voters, this information can help you hold your elected officials to account.
Our key plans and strategies
The Auckland Plan
The Auckland Plan is a 30-year plan to guide Auckland's future and deliver on specific topics, including housing, transport, employment, protecting the environment, Māori wellbeing and opportunities for all Aucklanders.
Auckland Unitary Plan
Auckland Unitary Plan guides the use of Auckland’s natural and physical resources, including land development.
Budgets and reporting
We are responsible for putting together a lot of budgets, including the annual plan, the long-term plan (10-year budget) and the Auckland Plan.
Annual report
The annual report provides an overview of what we did over the past year to contribute to Auckland Plan outcomes.
The annual plan (annual budget)
Every year, we must adopt an annual plan for the following financial year. It has to also identify variations from any budgets that have been allocated in the 10-year budget (long-term plan).
The long-term plan (10-year budget)
The long-term plan (10-year budget) puts the Auckland Plan in motion and sets out our projects and budget for the next decade.
Local board plans
Local boards make decisions on local issues, activities and services, and provide input into regional strategies, policies, plans and decisions.
Local board plans are three-year plans which draw from the priorities of their community.
Local board agreements record the delivery and funding of local activities and intended levels of service for that area, for the year.
Topic and place-based plans and strategies
These specific topic-based plans and place-based plans and strategies that are designed to help achieve the outcomes of the Auckland Plan.
They respond to the Auckland Plan's strategic directions guiding Auckland’s future and include plans and strategies that are required by law.
Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan
Our long-term approach to climate action Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan sets out the priority action areas to deliver our goals to reduce emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
City Centre Masterplan
The City Centre Masterplan is a key guiding document for the Auckland Council whānau, setting the strategic direction for the city centre over the next 20 years.
You may also find the following links to major projects and plans useful:
Māori outcomes
We outline our commitment to Māori through our key strategic planning documents:
- the Auckland Plan 2050
- the Auckland Unitary Plan
- our 10-year budget (long-term plan)
- Kia Ora Tāmaki Makaurau
- local board plans.
We also have initiatives such as:
- Tāmaki Makaurau Mana Whenua Forum is a governance-level independent forum which operates under its own terms of reference.
- Houkura, formerly the Independent Māori Statutory Board, is an independent body corporate of nine members based in Auckland. The board has specific responsibilities and powers under the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2010 to promote issues of significance to Māori to the Auckland Council.
Council-controlled organisations (CCOs)
CCOs perform a vital role in helping the council achieve its strategic goals, delivering a range of services to residents and visitors on behalf of the council.
Knowledge Auckland
Knowledge Auckland is a valuable source of information and includes a collection of Auckland-related published research, information, analysis and data about:
- our communities
- the economy
- Auckland's environment.
Knowledge Auckland is managed by Auckland Council's Strategic Advice and Research Unit.