Auckland Council
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.
Encourage local events and festivals that bring communities together.
Maintain sporting and cultural spaces to ensure accessibility for all residents.
Support public facilities that encourage community participation in arts, sport and recreation.
Address a series of extreme economic storms that have emerged and are progressively affecting Auckland by focusing on cost cutting.
Create a body within council to focus on public access to data and data analytics for public use, supporting democracy with numbers.
Recognise that the council's new 2024–2034 10 year plan includes costs that the likely ratepayer base cannot afford.
Continue to invest in community facilities such as sporting facilities and halls as these are essential for community wellbeing.
Make Auckland a world class destination for major events with the infrastructure, including a CBD stadium, to host these.
Prioritise a council-led programme to convert the St James/Aotea Square area into a thriving cultural and entertainment precinct.
Develop a well balanced stadium strategy to get the most out of existing assets and attract valuable sport and cultural events to the city.
Host international sporting and cultural festivals as these are hugely valuable, requiring well sited facilities in prime locations connected with great transit.
Manage parks, pools, libraries, museums, and similar council tasks well as they make the city richer culturally and financially.
Encourage local events and festivals that bring communities together.
Maintain sporting and cultural spaces to ensure accessibility for all residents.
Support public facilities that encourage community participation in arts, sport and recreation.
Address a series of extreme economic storms that have emerged and are progressively affecting Auckland by focusing on cost cutting.
Create a body within council to focus on public access to data and data analytics for public use, supporting democracy with numbers.
Recognise that the council's new 2024–2034 10 year plan includes costs that the likely ratepayer base cannot afford.
Continue to invest in community facilities such as sporting facilities and halls as these are essential for community wellbeing.
Make Auckland a world class destination for major events with the infrastructure, including a CBD stadium, to host these.
Prioritise a council-led programme to convert the St James/Aotea Square area into a thriving cultural and entertainment precinct.
Develop a well balanced stadium strategy to get the most out of existing assets and attract valuable sport and cultural events to the city.
Host international sporting and cultural festivals as these are hugely valuable, requiring well sited facilities in prime locations connected with great transit.
Manage parks, pools, libraries, museums, and similar council tasks well as they make the city richer culturally and financially.
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