NZ Local Elections 2025

Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board

The Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board is one of 21 local boards in Auckland. The local board makes a plan for your area and decides on local issues, activities and facilities. It also oversees council services and facilities in your area, including libraries and parks. The local board is made up of five members. 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 Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board election.

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Helping communities get from A to B is a key responsibility of local government, from making sure the buses run on time to providing car parking and walking and cycling paths. Whether public transport is the responsibility of the regional or local council depends on where you are in the country. Local councils also own 87% of New Zealand’s roads.

Transport

Helping communities get from A to B is a key responsibility of local government, from making sure the buses run on time to providing car parking and walking and cycling paths. Whether public transport is the responsibility of the regional or local council depends on where you are in the country. Local councils also own 87% of New Zealand’s roads.

  • Maintain and improve transport infrastructure and network by road, sea and sky.

    Promote road safety on the island.

    Seek opportunities to improve walkways around settlement areas for pedestrian use.

  • Explore opportunities to separate walkways and cycleways from the roading network as research shows use rises when separated from roads.

    Prepare asset management plans for roads, wharves and airports to provide the budget requirements for funding streams.

    Prepare plans for the future infrastructure of road, sea and air transport required to meet demographic growth.

  • Maintain and improve transport infrastructure and network by road, sea and sky.

    Promote road safety on the island.

    Seek opportunities to improve walkways around settlement areas for pedestrian use.

  • Explore opportunities to separate walkways and cycleways from the roading network as research shows use rises when separated from roads.

    Prepare asset management plans for roads, wharves and airports to provide the budget requirements for funding streams.

    Prepare plans for the future infrastructure of road, sea and air transport required to meet demographic growth.

Climate change and resilience

Climate change and resilience

Environment

Environment

Housing and planning

Housing and planning

Jobs and economy

Jobs and economy

Local democracy

Local democracy

Recreation and culture

Recreation and culture

Transport

Transport

Utilities and services

Utilities and services

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