Auckland Governance

The Local Government Commission has released its determinations on the wards, local boards and boundaries for the new Auckland Council, along with consequential transition issues.

• Media release - 11 March 2010: Final determination of new Auckland Council boundaries and representation arrangements (.pdf ) 50kb*

• Summary of Changes (.pdf ) 60kb*

Determinations on Auckland City wards, local boards and boundaries

(Note: Large files *These documents are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. You need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can download a free version from the Adobe site).

• Volume 1 - Auckland Governance Arrangements: Determinations of Wards, Local Boards and Boundaries for Auckland March 2010 (.pdf) 730kb

• Volume 2 - Auckland Governance Arrangements: Maps relating to Determinations of Wards, Local Boards and Boundaries for Auckland March 2010 (.pdf) 6.5mb

(Volume 2 includes low resolution versions of the maps reproduced in higher resolution below).

Hard copies of both volumes are available on request from:

The Local Government Commission
PO Box 5362
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Telephone: +64-4-494 0552
Facsimile: +64-4-494 0501

Email: info@lgc.govt.nz

Maps relating to determinations of wards, local boards and boundaries of Auckland and affected Waikato local authorities

Note: More detailed maps of these boundary areas are available on the Auckland Regional Council's interactive maps website. See ARC maps and starting instructions.

• Auckland (LGC-Ak-R1) (.pdf) 1.2mb*
  (NB: this map shows the seaward boundaries for Auckland, for ease of reference these boundaries are not shown on individual ward and local board maps)

• Auckland southern boundary (LGC-Ak-R2) (.pdf) 2mb*

• Rodney Ward (LGC-Ak-W1): (.pdf) 3.3mb*
  Rodney Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB1) (.pdf) 3.2mb*

• Albany Ward (LGC-Ak-W2): (.pdf) 1.8mb*
  Hibiscus and Bays Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB2) (.pdf) 1.3mb*
  Upper Harbour Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB3) (.pdf) 1.3mb*

• North Shore Ward (LGC-Ak-W3): (.pdf) 1.2mb*
  Kaipatiki Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB4) (.pdf) 835kb*
  Devonport-Takapuna Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB5) (.pdf) 675kb*

• Waitakere Ward (LGC-Ak-W4): (.pdf) 1.5mb*
  Henderson-Massey Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB6) (.pdf) 980kb*
  Waitakere Ranges Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB7) (.pdf) 1.5mb*

• Whau Ward (LGC-Ak-W5): (.pdf) 820kb*
  Whau Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB8) (.pdf) 820kb*

• Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward (LGC-Ak-W6): (.pdf) 1.2mb*
  Albert-Eden Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB9) (.pdf) 710kb*
  Puketapapa Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB10) (.pdf) 520kb*

• Waitemata and Gulf Ward (LGC-Ak-W7): (.pdf) 2.2mb*
  Waitemata Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB11) (.pdf) 540kb*
  Waiheke Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB12) (.pdf) 1.5mb*
  Great Barrier Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB13) (.pdf) 980kb*

• Ōrākei Ward (LGC-Ak-W8): (.pdf) 720kb*
  Ōrākei Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB14) (.pdf) 740kb*

• Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward (LGC-Ak-W9): (.pdf) 1mb*
  Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB15) (.pdf) 1.2mb*

• Manukau Ward (LGC-Ak-W10): (.pdf) 1.2mb*
  Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB16) (.pdf) 840kb*
  Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB17) (.pdf) 940kb*

• Te Irirangi Ward (LGC-Ak-W11): (.pdf) 1.3mb*
  Te Irirangi Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB18) (.pdf) 1.3mb*

• Manurewa-Papakura Ward (LGC-Ak-W12): (.pdf) 1.2mb*
  Manurewa Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB19) (.pdf) 700kb*
  Papakura Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB20) (.pdf) 750kb *

• Franklin Ward (LGC-Ak-W13): (.pdf) 2.8mb*
  Franklin Local Board (LGC-Ak-LB21) (.pdf) 2.8mb*
  
• Waikato District wards(LGC-Wk-D1) (.pdf) 1.5mb*

• Area transferred to Hauraki District (LGC-Hk-D1)(.pdf) 275kb*

Legislation

The Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009 establishes a single unitary authority for the Auckland Region - the Auckland Council - to be elected in October 2010. The Auckland Council will take over from the existing local authorities in the Auckland Region.

The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 sets out details on the structure, functions, duties and powers of the Auckland Council. It also required the Local Government Commission to determine the representation arrangements for the council and a second tier governance structure of local boards. These boards will share decision-making with the Auckland Council.

Some of the things the Act provides for are -

• the Auckland Council to include a mayor and 20 members elected from wards
• single member wards for the rural area of Rodney and the area of Franklin remaining in Auckland
• between 20 and 30 local boards but with scope for the Local Government Commission to go outside this range
• local boards to have between 4 and 9 members
• Great Barrier and Waiheke to each have a local board.

The Act required the Local Government Commission to determine -

• the boundaries of Auckland
• the number, boundaries and names of wards for electing the 20 members on the Auckland Council
• the number, boundaries and names of the local board areas
• the number of members on the local boards and whether any of those members will be elected from subdivisions of local board areas.

Local Government Commission's tasks, approach and timelines

The Local Government Commission was required to complete its tasks by 1 March 2010. Here is an outline of the Commission's tasks, approach and timelines (74k) and a further, more detailed paper on its approach (151k) including identification of communities of interest and criteria for assessing proposals (174k).

Further resources -

• Report of the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance which proposed a new structure of local government for the Auckland Region

• The Government's response to the Royal Commission report

• Statistics about the Auckland Region outlining the main characteristics of the Auckland Region's population

• Auckland maps on-line

• Map of the southern boundary of Auckland as provided for in the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 - WARNING! Large File (3mb)*

• The Commission's 20 November 2009 proposals for the boundaries and representation arrangements for the new Auckland Council:
  • Volume 1 - Auckland Governance Arrangements: Proposals for Wards, Local Boards and Boundaries for Auckland
  • Volume 2 - Auckland Governance Arrangements: Maps Relating to Proposals for Wards,Local Boards and Boundaries for Auckland