Auckland Council

Waitematā and Gulf Ward
The Auckland Council makes strategic decisions for Auckland on public transport, urban planning, environmental protection and other big issues. The council provides funding to local boards to provide public services in their areas, and manages council-controlled organisations which provide infrastructure, such as public transport, water and sewerage. The councillors and mayor make up the governing body, which shares governance of Auckland Council with the 21 local boards. The governing body is made up of 20 councillors plus the mayor. Councillors are elected to represent wards (areas in Auckland). One councillor will be elected from your ward. This is a first past the post (FPP) election, so you vote by ticking the name of your preferred candidate on your ballot paper. Compare the candidates and their policies to decide who to vote for in the Auckland Council election.

Recreation and culture

From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.

Recreation and culture

From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.

  • Recommence stalled Wynyard waterfront urban renewal. Deliver the Wynyard Point headland regional park first planned by the ARC in 2009.

    Extend the Wynyard heritage tramway to Britomart turning a popular place shaper into a viable public transport option on the waterfront.

    Restore Queen Street as the premier shopping street reversing constructions on vehicle access. Stop the sale of the downtown carpark.

  • Ensure adequate funding for public facilities and write a guarantee that ownership will not be taken from the people of Auckland.

    Subsidise wages to young people in connection to working in public facilities and taking community initiatives.

    Ensure fairness in liquor licensing that taking away a liquor license from a small business can only happen in a completely transparent way.

  • Reserve evidence-based proportionate amount of covered and outdoor community spaces in the face of densification. Is community-building.

    Support community sports, eg wheelchair fencing, which allow lower-limb-impaired to compete fairly and meaningfully with able-bodied.

    Facilitate use of temporarily-vacant spaces as community meeting spaces, for well-being and community-building, eg music, makers, gardens.

  • Support funding for the arts, events, festivals, our cultural instiutions, libraries and community and recreational facilities.

    Support investment in our regional parks and improved accessibility and access to recreation for all communities.

    Completion of a sustainable Auckland stadium strategy that delivers for sports codes and Aucklanders.

  • Recommence stalled Wynyard waterfront urban renewal. Deliver the Wynyard Point headland regional park first planned by the ARC in 2009.

    Extend the Wynyard heritage tramway to Britomart turning a popular place shaper into a viable public transport option on the waterfront.

    Restore Queen Street as the premier shopping street reversing constructions on vehicle access. Stop the sale of the downtown carpark.

  • Ensure adequate funding for public facilities and write a guarantee that ownership will not be taken from the people of Auckland.

    Subsidise wages to young people in connection to working in public facilities and taking community initiatives.

    Ensure fairness in liquor licensing that taking away a liquor license from a small business can only happen in a completely transparent way.

  • Reserve evidence-based proportionate amount of covered and outdoor community spaces in the face of densification. Is community-building.

    Support community sports, eg wheelchair fencing, which allow lower-limb-impaired to compete fairly and meaningfully with able-bodied.

    Facilitate use of temporarily-vacant spaces as community meeting spaces, for well-being and community-building, eg music, makers, gardens.

  • Support funding for the arts, events, festivals, our cultural instiutions, libraries and community and recreational facilities.

    Support investment in our regional parks and improved accessibility and access to recreation for all communities.

    Completion of a sustainable Auckland stadium strategy that delivers for sports codes and Aucklanders.

Auckland Council - Find Candidates
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