Well-managed local government
What we are planning for local government in the Annual Plan 2025/2026.
In the 2025/2026 financial year, we plan to:
- support the
Auckland Future Fund Trustee Limited
board to achieve long-term average annual returns (profits from investments) of 7.24 per cent, with:
- 5.24 per cent of returns paid into the council each year
- the rest reinvested to grow the fund over time
- invest $16 million into
Māori outcomes
including:
- the ongoing Marae Infrastructure Programme
- grants to help enable mana whenua and mataawaka (Māori who live in Auckland and are not in a mana whenua group) to become more involved in council's decision-making processes
- progress towards the council's savings and efficiency targets - aiming for an extra $47 million in savings by 2025/2026, on top of the $90 million annual savings already achieved and the $38 million Annual Budget 2023/2024 savings target
- continue to invest in technology to provide Aucklanders with better and more efficient services
- continue to combine the Auckland Council Group's internal services and service functions to reduce duplicated resources among council organisations
- make progress on our asset recycling target of $300 million set in the Long-term Plan 2024-2034 (LTP). This means selling or lending some of our lesser-used assets like land and buildings to help pay for new ones.
You should know
The information on this page is an edited version of the Annual Plan 2025/2026 Consultation Document.
You can find more information about how our Long-term Plan 2024-2034 is progressing on page 6 of the Annual Plan 2025/2026 Consultation Document [PDF 8MB].
