Te Poari ā-Rohe o Papakura

Papakura Local Board

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Our funding for 2026/2027

We have been allocated $7.7 million for capital investment and $18.3 million for operational spend in 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 $18.3 million for operational spend in 2026/2027 includes:

  • $16.3 million for community services
  • $200,000 for environmental services
  • $500,000 for planning services
  • $1.3 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 $840,000 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, fees and charges

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

  • reduce opening hours at Sir Edmund Hillary Library by closing at 5pm on Mondays and Fridays and at 2pm on Saturdays
  • stop maintenance on bollard and ‘post-and-rail’ fencing in parks
  • stop scheduled maintenance in bush areas except for in high-value or ecologically important areas
  • charge a higher fee for visitors from outside the Auckland region to use Massey Park Pool
  • reduce or stop grant funding for youth and community grants programmes
  • reduce the number of public rubbish bins in public spaces like town centres, parks and reserves
  • reduce or stop funding for:
    • arts and culture activities
    • services and programmes in arts facilities and community centres
    • environmental and water quality activities
    • civic events like community facility opening events
    • sports and park events and programmes
    • community development and support activities.

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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 62-66 of the Annual Plan 2026/2027 Supporting Information Document for more details about our proposals for the Papakura Local Board area.

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