Infrastructure
Progress with flood resilience
Following the severe weather in Auckland in early 2023, almost $2 billion worth of investment is being made by council and government for Auckland’s storm recovery and resilience.
Council is creating more blue-green networks of waterways (blue) and parks (green) in suitable locations to help make our communities safer and achieve other infrastructure, environment and community benefits.
In April, council approved funding to progress options to develop a blue-green solution for Wairau Valley. In addition, the official groundbreaking and blessing of two Māngere flood resilience (blue-green) projects occurred.
These projects will replace a key bridge and lift New Zealand’s largest sewerage pipe to significantly reduce flood risk for hundreds of homes surrounding the Te Ararata Stream and Harania Creek.
Our community
Safety teams expanded
The council’s Community Safety Team wardens has been expanded with eight additional staff giving regional support in town centres across Tāmaki Makaurau. This is a mobile resource that provides proactive patrols addressing safety and anti-social issues.
Food waste collections thrive
Aucklanders have diverted around 18,471 tonnes of food waste from landfill, since July 2024. Transforming food scraps into clean energy and liquid fertiliser helps move Auckland towards its goal of Zero Waste by 2040. Read more about this initiative: Turbo-charging tomatoes with Auckland’s food scraps - OurAuckland
More Aucklanders took a dip…
Over the summer, Aucklanders took nearly 2.4 million dives into council pools. That’s the most swimmers using our pools during the summer months (January-March) for several years.
… and more read library books!
Auckland Council libraries clocked nearly 2 million visits in the three months January-March. That’s the most since before Covid-19.
Library visits topped 2 million in the first three months of 2025.
What we’re focusing on next
We’re in the final stages of confirming our Annual Plan 2025/2026.
In March, we completed consultation on the proposed plan, which focused on delivering the second year of the Long-term Plan 2024-2034 and included an opportunity to feedback on the funding of events and destination marketing, and the priorities of local boards.
We heard from 13,000 Aucklanders who provided feedback. In June, the Governing Body will meet to adopt the plan ahead of the financial year starting 1 July.
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