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.

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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].

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