Your rates help deliver a wide range of day-to-day activities and services, and support investment in Auckland’s assets.
For 2024/2025, Auckland has some of the lowest rates rises in the country, at 6.8 per cent for the average value residential property.
We are working hard to keep your rates down by carefully balancing the need to strengthen the financial and physical resilience of Auckland, while investing where it is needed most to manage growth.
What your rates deliver
Your rates support community services and activities that make Auckland thriving and beautiful. This includes improving public transport, maintaining parks, providing local and regional events, delivering environmental services, rubbish collection and a variety of community facilities and services.
A rising population means your rates need to work hard to meet increasing demand for the activities and services council provides and supports.
Where we are investing
We’ve been planning for the region’s growth and have just completed our Long-term Plan 2024-2034, which sets out how Auckland Council will use your rates to improve the daily lives of Aucklanders.
This includes making the most of what we have and investing where it is needed most. This involves extensive investment in capital projects across the region, as well as funding many services for Aucklanders.
In the next 10 years, your rates will help deliver:
More travel choices
Better public transport and new travel solutions (including a $50 capped weekly public transport pass).
Safer, improved transport
Investments to alleviate congestion, improve public transport and address safety issues.
Flood protection
Reducing existing flood risks, prevention, awareness and preparation.
Rejuvenated neighbourhoods
Regeneration continuing in Wynyard Quarter, City Centre, Takapuna, Northcote, Henderson, Avondale, Maungawhau, Panmure, Onehunga, Papatoetoe, Manukau, Pukekohe and Ormiston.
Community investment
Increased sports and recreation facilities through a $35 million fund, continued library and digital services, community-led arts and cultural activities, and local development. Local boards have a new, fairer funding model to support local communities.
A transformed city centre
A City Centre Masterplan will deliver a vibrant city centre, regenerating midtown to benefit from the City Rail Link and progress toward transforming Wynyard Point, the port and waterfront.
A safer city
We are increasing community patrols and CCTV surveillance to keep people safe in our city centres.
Food scraps collection
All urban households will have weekly kerbside food scraps collection. Rates-funded refuse collection will also be phased in for North Shore, Waitakere, Papakura, Franklin and Rodney.
A growing Auckland economy
Promoting Auckland as a great place to live, work, invest, study and visit – continuing our large cultural events and securing international and domestic events.
Well-managed local government
The Auckland Future Fund will help improve the financial and physical resilience of the council. The council will also be progressing Maori outcomes and continuing with storm recovery activities.
Want to learn more?
Our Long-term Plan 2024-2034 is our 10-year plan for Auckland.
It focuses on our physical and financial resilience, while investing where it is needed most to manage growth. We are doing this in a way that recognises cost of living concerns and provides the greatest benefit to our communities.
To learn more about all the investment priorities where your rates will go in the coming decade, see the Long-term Plan 2024-2034.
