Categorisation update – 11 April

Last Updated : 22 Apr 2024
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Welcome to our fortnightly categorisation programme update.

A total of 995 homes have received a final property categorisation with 322 classed as Category 3 and eligible for a buy-out (as of 11 April).

126 Category 3 homeowners had received or accepted a buy-out offer, and 35 properties had completed their sale and purchase agreements (as of 5 April). In addition to this, we have started the sustainable deconstruction and removal of the first cluster of purchased Category 3 homes in Muriwai.

Overall, 2658 property owners have signed up to the categorisation scheme out of 7389 impacted properties (as of 5 April). There is still time to for at risk homeowners to sign up to the limited scheme. While the deadline for signing up is 30 September, we strongly recommend doing this as soon as possible.

11 April - Auckland categorisation progress

11 April - Auckland categorisation progress

An ongoing note on the complexity of categorisation

Many properties are proving more complex to categorise for several reasons:

  • There is an intolerable risk to life, but we need to assess the feasibility of a mitigation at the property. Examples include retaining walls, house raising or moving, altering fences and other structures blocking overland flow paths, or changes to driveways or landscaping
  • There is an intolerable risk to life, but we are waiting on confirmation of a community infrastructure project that could reduce this risk for whole neighbourhoods. Examples include redirecting overland flow paths, making more space for water to flow and pool, stopbanks, and upgrading culverts and roads. These projects are being scoped looking at feasibility of timelines, practicality, costs and impacts
  • There are both flooding and landslip issues at the property
  • Recent work at neighbouring properties, or the shifting of land, have changed the risk profile since we started.

See key categorisation and buyout figures below.

Categorisation progress (at 05 April 2024) 

Initial Impacted properties 

Registered for categorisation 

Completed desktop assessments 

Completed site assessments

7389 

2658 

2494 

1598 

Note: Not every home will need a site assessment, but some may need more than one

Category 3 buy-out progress (at 05 April 2024)

Buyout offers made with valuations 

Buy-out offers accepted 

Buy-outs completed 

126 

67 

35

 

Categories confirmed (at 11 April 2024)

Category 1 

Category 2C 

Category 2P 

Category 3 

Total

637

4 

32

322

995

 

Categories by suburb (at 11 April 2024)

Suburb

Category 1

Category 2C

Category 2P

Category 3

Total

Ahuroa

1

      

1

Albany

1

      

1

Albany Heights

1

      

1

Ararimu Valley

      

2

2

Arkles Bay

1

      

1

Army Bay

      

1

1

Auckland Central

2

      

2

Avondale

6

      

6

Bayswater

3

      

3

Bayview

5

    

1

6

Beach Haven

9

    

2

11

Bethells

2

      

2

Birkdale

2

      

2

Birkenhead

8

    

4

12

Blockhouse Bay

10

    

7

17

Botany Downs

1

      

1

Browns Bay

5

      

5

Castor Bay

4

      

4

Chatswood

1

  

1

1

3

Clendon Park

1

      

1

Clevedon

1

      

1

Coatesville

1

    

1

2

Dairy Flat

      

5

5

Devonport

2

      

2

Drury

1

      

1

East Tamaki

10

      

10

Eden Terrace

1

      

1

Epsom

12

    

18

30

Flat Bush

2

      

2

Forrest Hill

1

      

1

Freemans Bay

1

      

1

Glen Eden

3

    

1

4

Glenbrook

1

      

1

Glendene

1

      

1

Glendowie

1

      

1

Glenfield

6

    

1

7

Glenvar

      

1

1

Green Bay

5

    

1

6

Greenhithe

3

      

3

Greenlane

3

  

2

2

7

Grey Lynn

5

    

8

13

Hatfields Beach

1

      

1

Hauraki

2

      

2

Henderson

1

    

27

28

Henderson Valley

3

    

2

5

Herne Bay

7

      

7

Hillcrest

1

      

1

Hillsborough

18

    

1

19

Huapai

9

    

6

15

Kaipara Hills

1

      

1

Kakanui

1

      

1

Karekare

17

  

4

13

34

Kaukapakapa

1

      

1

Kiwitahi

1

      

1

Komokoriki

2

      

2

Laingholm

4

      

4

Lucas Heights

1

      

1

Lynfield

1

      

1

Mangakura

1

      

1

Mangere

2

      

2

Mangere East

2

      

2

Manly

1

      

1

Massey

8

    

6

14

Milford

4

    

14

18

Mount Albert

2

    

1

3

Mount Eden

1

  

1

18

20

Mount Roskill

18

  

2

3

23

Mount Wellington

1

      

1

Muriwai Beach

152

4

4

61

221

Murrays Bay

2

  

1

3

6

New Lynn

2

      

2

New Windsor

1

  

1

  

2

Northcote

9

      

9

Northcote Point

4

    

2

6

Northcross

1

      

1

One Tree Hill

      

1

1

Onehunga

4

    

2

6

Oratia

5

    

1

6

Orewa

1

      

1

Pakuranga Heights

1

      

1

Papakura

2

      

2

Paremoremo

3

      

3

Parnell

22

      

22

Piha

49

  

15

13

77

Point Chevalier

5

      

5

Ponsonby

2

    

1

3

Puhoi

      

1

1

Pukekohe

2

    

4

6

Ranui

3

    

34

37

Redvale

4

      

4

Remuera

15

    

3

18

Riverhead

2

    

1

3

Royal Oak

      

1

1

Schnapper Rock

1

      

1

Scotts Landing

1

      

1

Shelly Beach

1

      

1

Snells Beach

1

      

1

Stanley Point

4

      

4

Sunnynook

      

1

1

Swanson

9

  

1

22

32

Takapuna

1

      

1

Tapora

1

      

1

Taupaki

      

1

1

Te Arai Point

1

      

1

Te Atatu Peninsula

3

      

3

Te Atatu South

1

      

1

Titirangi

26

    

5

31

Torbay

8

      

8

Totara Vale

2

    

3

5

Upper Waiwera

3

    

5

8

Wade Heads

6

    

1

7

Waiatarua

10

    

4

14

Waikowhai

2

      

2

Waimauku

1

    

2

3

Waioneke

1

      

1

Waitakere

6

    

2

8

Waiuku

8

      

8

Warkworth

3

      

3

Waterview

4

      

4

West Harbour

1

    

1

2

Westmere

2

      

2

Whangaripo

1

      

1

Whenuapai

2

      

2

Woodcocks

2

      

2

Total

637

4

32

322

995
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