Waitākere Ranges Local Board

In 2025/2026 we plan to invest $4.8 million in capital spend to renew and develop our assets (resources we own). We also plan to invest $13.3 million to maintain and operate these assets and deliver local activities (operating spend).

These amounts include $400,000 extra operating spend and $1.8 million extra 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

$4.8 million

$11 million

Environmental services

Does not apply

$1.4 million

Planning services

Does not apply

$100,000

Governance

Does not apply

$700,000

Total

$4.8 million

$13.3 million

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

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

  • support more community-led events through our events partnership fund
  • deliver arts and culture programmes through our community arts partners
  • develop programmes to serve our youth, older adults, Pasifika and ethnic communities
  • design and improve public spaces and develop community events and programmes in our growing neighbourhoods and centres like Glen Eden, Sunnyvale and Swanson
  • continue to help local businesses and ongoing economic growth by:
  • develop environmental programmes to help protect and restore the Waitākere Ranges
  • trial phosphite to treat kauri dieback disease in selected local parks
  • improve neighbourhood parks like:

You should know

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

For more information, see section 1.19 of the Annual Plan Supporting Information Document [PDF 7.7MB].

Illustration of parkland with several trees, bushes, a path winding through the grass and a kererū perching on one of the trees.