Parks and community

We support strong and diverse Auckland communities by providing a wide range of arts, sports, recreation, library, and community services.

• Capital investment - 3 years: $946 million.
• Operating expenditure - 2022-2023: $830 million.

Our plan

• Renewing our assets – investing in our existing parks and community facilities to keep them fit for service.
• Further investment in our ngahere – a key action in our climate change package is the planting of 200 hectares of native forest in our regional parks.
• Looking at new ways to deliver community services – investigating new ways to meet the needs of our growing and more diverse population through greater use of partnerships, digital services and multi-use facilities.

What we will deliver

• Asset renewals.
• Land acquisition.
• Library renewals.

Challenges

• Bringing people back to our facilities after COVID-19 and exploring alternative methods of delivery, while ensuring the safety of the community.
• Changing needs – Auckland’s communities are not only growing but those communities, and their needs, are becoming more diverse.

You should know

The information here is an edited version from the Annual Budget 2022/2023 document.

See page 40 of the Annual Budget 2022/2023 document (PDF 10MB) for more information.