Te Poari ā-Rohe o Devonport-Takapuna

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board

Illustration of a ferry and two yachts sailing in the Waitemata Harbour with Mount Victoria and Rangitoto Island in the background.

Our funding for 2026/2027

We have been allocated $6.6 million for capital investment and $16.9 million for operational spend for 2026/2027.

Capital investment

We use these funds to renew and develop assets like:

  • community facilities
  • parks and sports fields.

Operating spend

We use these funds to run our services like:

  • community centres
  • libraries and parks
  • community and environmental programmes and events.

The $16.9 million for operational spend in 2026/2027 includes:

  • $14.7 million for community services
  • $200,000 for environmental services
  • $1 million for planning services
  • $1 million for governance (how we manage our local board area).

A lot of our operating budget will pay for existing contracts to maintain community facilities and open spaces.

Cost increases

We are also facing cost increases that will affect our operating budget. These include:

  • rising costs to provide our existing services, including utilities like electricity and water
  • maintaining our assets like community centres, libraries and parks
  • staff costs.

At the same time, we are making less revenue than expected from fees and charges.

In 2026/2027, we expect to spend $600,000 more than we did in 2025/2026 to continue providing these services. This amount might change before the final annual plan is adopted.

Changes to current service levels

To address the cost increases we are facing, we could make some or all of the following changes to service levels:

  • reduce maintenance of bollards and fencing
  • stop scheduled maintenance for bush areas (except in high-value or ecological areas)
  • reduce service levels for public gardens and planted areas
  • reduce levels of maintenance for planted and natural bush areas in urban settings
  • reduce library opening hours
  • reduce funding for organisations that run local events
  • reduce funding for ‘contestable’ grants (where applicants compete to receive a grant)
  • reduce funding support for local community, recreation, ethnic, seniors and youth groups
  • reduce operational grants for arts groups and organisations
  • reduce funding for local park volunteers
  • reduce funding support for planting, managing pests and minimising waste.

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You should know

The information on this page is an edited version of the:

  • Annual Plan 2026/2027 Consultation Document
  • Annual Plan 2026/2027 Supporting Information Document.

You can refer to pages 12-15 of the Annual Plan 2026/2027 Supporting Information Document for more details about our proposals for the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board area.

Visit Annual plan documents, videos and translations to read all annual plan documents in full.