Devonport-Takapuna Local Board

In 2025/2026 we plan to invest $5.8 million in capital spend to renew and develop assets (resources we own) and $17.1 million to maintain and operate these assets and deliver local activities (operating spend).

Key areas of spend for 2025/2026

Areas of spend	Planned capital spend	Planned operating spend
Community services	$5.8 million	$13.7 million
Environmental services	Does not apply	$100,000
Planning services	Does not apply	$2.4 million
Governance	Does not apply	$900,000
Total	$5.8 million	$17.1 million

What we propose for the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board area in 2025/2026

In the 2025/2026 financial year, we plan to:

• continue planning and developing the Takapuna Community Hub
• support local environmental groups to work with volunteers to:
  • clean up, manage and plant our local reserves and open spaces
  • help deliver better environmental outcomes and more weather-resilient spaces
• continue to maintain and improve community facilities like parks, sports fields, libraries and community venues
• progress our Local Parks Management Plan and refresh the Devonport-Takapuna Greenways Plan to improve long-term walking, cycling and ecological routes
• provide ways and places to connect and share experiences and information to support our communities affected by floods
• develop a Wairau Catchment Water Quality Action Plan to make use of existing reports and advice
• work with members of our ethnic communities to support initiatives identified in the Devonport-Takapuna Ethnic Communities Plan.

Visit Devonport-Takapuna plans, agreements and reports for more information about our existing plans.

Priorities for our key activities and services

We want your feedback about what is most important to you so we can:

• prioritise investment in higher priority areas
• address rising costs by possibly reducing investment in lower priority areas.

Our key activities and services are:

• local arts and cultural activities including programmes and events at arts and community centres
• community development and support activities including:
  • community programmes and services
  • community events
  • grants
• libraries, pools and leisure facilities including:
  • opening hours and services
  • local parks strategy and planning
  • sports and park programmes, events and activities
• environmental restoration including:
  • volunteer and pest control activities
  • community climate action
  • sustainability activities
• activities to minimise local waste
• activities to improve and maintain the quality of local water
• activities for young people.

Have your say

What do you think about our priorities and proposals for the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board area?

You should know

The information on this page is an edited version of the proposed Annual Plan 2025/2026.

For more information, see section 1.3 of the Annual Plan Supporting Information Document [PDF 7.7MB].