Auckland Council

In 2010 the Local Government Commission determined the wards, local boards and boundaries for the 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 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).

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

Note: More detailed interactive maps of these boundaries are available on the Auckland Council's interactive maps website. See 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*
  Note: The names of the Te Irirangi ward and Te I rirangi Local Board were changed to Howick by section 35A of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009.

• 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 established a single authority for the Auckland Region - the Auckland Council - elected in October 2010. The Auckland Council took over from the former local authorities in the Auckland Region.

The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 set 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 local boards. These boards share decision-making with the Auckland Council.

Some of the things the Act provided for were -

• the Auckland Council to include a mayor and 20 members elected from wards
• single member wards for the rural area of Rodney District and the area of Franklin District 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.

Further resources -

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

• Map of the former southern boundary of the Auckland Region

• 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