Te Poari ā-Rohe o Kaipātiki

Kaipātiki Local Board

Illustration of the Chelsea Sugar Refinery and a row of new houses in a field next to the Waitemata Harbour. The Harbour Bridge and a cargo ship are in the background.

Our funding for 2026/2027

We have been allocated $9.8 million for capital investment and $27 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 $27 million for operational spend in 2026/2027 includes:

  • $24.4 million for community services
  • $1.1 million for environmental services
  • $400,000 for planning services
  • $1.1 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.

Extra funding for 2026/2027

Even though we have an extra $1.1 million for operational spend in 2026/2027, costs to provide our existing services are expected to increase by $1.5million. This includes an increase in costs for:

  • utilities like water and electricity
  • maintaining community facilities like sport centres and libraries, and open spaces like parks and reserves
  • staffing.

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

Once we cover these costs, we will have $400,000 less for operating spend in 2026/2027 compared to what we had in 2025/2026.

What we plan to deliver in 2026/2027

In 2026/2027, we plan to:

  • continue providing the local services, projects and programmes that are important to our community
  • address the cost increases we are facing by making some or all of the following changes:
    • save money on projects we will finish this year that will not need more funding in 2026/2027
    • assess the success and value of trial projects that started in 2025/2026, and stop working on some of them as required
    • reduce some of the extra funding we allocated for projects in 2025/2026, without changing what we want them to achieve
    • make good use of the expected increase in revenue from pool and leisure fees.

Key projects planned in 2026/2027

In 2026/2027, we also plan to:

  • maintain and renew our parks, playgrounds, community buildings, recreation facilities and other public spaces so they continue to meet the needs of our communities
  • support a community-led approach to provide relevant and diverse services that develop and connect the community
  • support environmental groups, community volunteers and our diverse communities to carry out projects to help restore the environment. This includes:
    • cleaning streams
    • improving habitats for native wildlife
    • planting native plants
    • pest control
  • provide facilities that make it easier to play sports, including:
  • make significant progress on major local projects including:

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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 33-37 of the Annual Plan 2026/2027 Supporting Information Document for more details about our proposals for the Kaipātiki Local Board area.

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