Kaipātiki Local Board

In 2025/2026 we plan to invest $9 million in capital spend to renew and develop our assets (resources we own). We also plan to invest $24.2 million to maintain and operate these assets and deliver local activities (operating spend).

These amounts include $2.1 million extra operating spend and $200,000 less capital spend as part of the council's 'fairer funding for local boards' model as set out in the Long-term Plan 2024-2034 (10-year budget).

However, we might need to use some of these extra funds to cover unavoidable increases to the costs of existing services.

Key areas of spend for 2025/2026

Areas of spend	Planned capital spend	Planned operating spend
Community services	$9 million	$22.4 million
Environmental services	Does not apply	$400,000
Planning services	Does not apply	$400,000
Governance	Does not apply	$1.1 million
Total	$9 million	$24.2 million

What we propose for the Kaipātiki Local Board area in 2025/2026

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

• invest in community development like events, community safety and greater use of our community houses, centres and libraries
• increase funding for the Kaipātiki Community Grants Programme to support more members of our community with their projects
• invest in Māori outcomes through engagement, events and building authentic relationships with Māori to better-serve the needs of the Māori community
• invest in positive outcomes for our youths through conversations with young people to identify local activities and services that interest them
• provide more sport and recreation opportunities by giving grants to organisations to:
  • maintain or improve their assets
  • allow members of the community to use facilities that are not owned by the council
• work to protect and restore our environment with help from local environmental groups
• invest in:
  • management of environmentally friendly open spaces like parks and reserves
  • building maintenance
  • waste collection services
  • bush track maintenance
  • removing aging pine trees
• improve compliance in the areas of:
  • buildings
  • illegal dumping
  • noise and animal control
  • overnight stays at reserves
• improve pools and leisure services and find ways to make community sports and recreation more affordable
• investigate Kaipātiki sport and recreation facility needs to guide future investment
• support and engage with businesses across Kaipātiki.

You should know

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

For more information, see section 1.8 of the Annual Plan Supporting Information Document [PDF 7.7MB].