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Te Tahua Pūtea Tau 2021-2031
Te Tahua Pūtea Whakarauora
The 10-year Budget 

2021-2031 
Long-term Plan
Our Recovery Budget
Volume 
1
Overview


AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
MIHI
Mihi 
Noho mai rā Tāmaki Makaurau, 
Tāmaki Makaurau 
 moana waipiata, 
who bestrides shimmering seas, 
 maunga kākāriki. 
and verdant mountains. 
Mai i ngā wai kaukau o ngā tūpuna, 
From the bathing waters of our forebears, 
 ki ngā puke kawe i ngā reo o te tini, 
and hills that echo with voices 
 i puta ai te kī mōu. 
that acclaim. 
Tū ana he maunga, 
Your mountains stand lofty, 
 takoto ana he raorao, 
your valleys spread from them 
 heke ana he awaawa. 
and your streams run freely. 
Ko ō wahapū te ataahua, 
Your harbours are majestic, 
 ō tāhuna te mahora, 
your beaches widespread, 
 te taiao e whītiki nei i a koe he taonga tuku iho. 
the environment that surrounds you is a legacy. 
Tiakina kia meinga tonu ai koe 
Take care of it so that you will always be known
 ko ‘te tāone taioreore nui o te ao, 
as ‘the world-class city 
manakohia e te iwi pūmanawa’.
where talent wants to be’.
Tāmaki Mākaurau tirohia te pae tawhiti 
Tāmaki Makaurau looking to the future, 
 he whakairinga tūmanako 
repository of our hopes 
 mō ngā uri whakaheke ō āpōpō, 
for generations to come, 
 te toka herenga mō te hunga ka takahi ake 
anchor stone for those who venture 
 mā ō tomokanga, 
through your gateway, 
 te piriti e whakawhiti ai 
and the bridge that connects 
 tō iwi ki ngā huarahi o te ora.
your citizens to life.
Tāmaki Mākaurau e toro whakamua, 
Tāmaki Makaurau moving on, 
 hīkina te mānuka. 
accepting all challenges. 
Tērā te rangi me te whenua te tūtaki. 
Where even heaven and earth might meet. 
Maranga me te rā, he mahi māu me tīmata, 
Rise with the sun as there is work to be done 
 ka nunumi ana ki te pō, 
and when evening comes, 
 whakatārewahia ō moemoeā ki ngā whetū. 
allow your dreams to glide among the stars. 
Ko te oranga mutunga mōu 
Perpetual health and growth 
 kei tua i te taumata moana. 
is beyond the horizon of cresting waves.
Tūwherahia ō ringa, kūmea mai k i tō uma. 
Open your arms and pull them to your embrace. 
Tāmaki Makaurau 
Tāmaki Makaurau, you are a city 
 he tāone ūmanga kurupounamu koe; 
where valued business and enterprise thrives; 
 tukua tō rongo kia rere i te ao. 
let your good name traverse the world.
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HOW THIS 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021-2031 IS ARRANGED
  
How this 10-year Budget 
About this document
2021-2031 is arranged 
This Recovery Budget is our 10-year Budget for 2021-2031, otherwise known as 
Finding your way around the volumes:
our Long-term Plan for that period. The Local Government Act 2002 requires 
each council to publicly consult on and adopt a long-term plan every three years.
Volume 1: An overview of our 10-year Budget 
Volume 
Te Tahua Pūtea Tau 2021-2031
It has been prepared under a very different set of circumstances to any previous 
Section 1: An introduction to our 10-year Budget including a brief 
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Te Tahua Pūtea Whakarauora
The 10-year Budget 

Long-term Plan for Auckland Council. Each time we prepare a 10-year Budget we 
overview of the plans, strategies and budget that form the rest of  
2021-2031 
Long-term Plan
this document.
Our Recovery Budget
face a range of challenges, this year all of the usual challenges still exist 
Section 2: Our prospective financial statements for 2021-2031  
but have been added to by the uncertainty and revenue loss created by the 
and other key financial information. 
COVID-19 pandemic.
Section 3: Report from the Auditor General. 
Section 4: Supplementary Information including contacting the 
That uncertainty means we based our financial projections on a set of key 
council, its structure and people. Glossary of terms and key  
word index.
Volume 
1
Overview
assumptions about the health restrictions and economic impacts associated 
 
with the COVID-19 pandemic. These assumptions were informed by a range 
of internal and external sources. We also undertook sensitivity analysis to 
Volume 2: Our detailed budgets, strategies and policies 
Volume 
PART  1:  OUR  KEY  STRATEGIES  —  1.1  SUMMARY  OF  THE  AUCKLAND  PLAN  2050
understand the impact if the situation became better or worse than we assumed.
Section 1: Our key strategies.
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The 10-year Budget 

Section 2: Our Activities – summary information on the services 
2021-2031 
Long-term Plan
From 22 February to 22 March 2021 we sought feedback from the community on 
Auckland Council delivers, performance measures and budget.
Our Recovery Budget
our key proposals for this budget. It was an extensive consultation process with 
Section 3: Our key policies.
both written submissions and in person interactions and nearly 20,000 pieces 
Section 4: Summary of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational  
Plan 2021-2031. 
of feedback were received. We carefully considered that feedback, alongside 
Section 5: Our Council-controlled organisations. 
information from a Colmar Brunton survey on some of those key issues.
Section 6: Supplementary information – Glossary of terms and Key 
Volume  Our detailed budgets, 
2 strategies and policies
word index. 
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The result is this 10-year Budget which will tackle the challenges we have 
outlined and, despite the difficulties, keep Auckland moving forward.
Volume 3: Local Board information and agreements 
Volume 
PART  1:  LOCAL  INFORMATION  —  LOCAL  BOARD  OVERVIEW
Te Tahua Pūtea Tau 2021-2031
Section 1: An overview of local boards, and their expenditure  
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for 2021-2031. 
2021-2031 
Long-term Plan
Our Recovery Budget
Section 2: Specific information for each of the 21 local boards, 
including the local board agreements. 
Section 3: Supplementary information – Glossary of terms and  
Key word index.
Volume  Local Board Information 
3 and Agreements
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CONTENTS
Rārangi kōrero
Contents
Volume 1: Overview 
Message from the Mayor  ............................................................................................................................................... 1 
Message from the Chief Executive  .............................................................................................................................. 2
Wāhanga tuatahi: He rārangi ō ta mātou Tahua Pūtea Whakarauora 
Section 1: An outline of our Recovery Budget ......................................................................................... 4 
1.1   A snapshot of our Recovery Budget  .................................................................................................................. 5 
1.2   Key Issues ................................................................................................................................................................. 7
    1.2.1 Key issue 1 – Finding the balance ............................................................................................................... 8
    1.2.2 Key issue 2 – Climate Change action ....................................................................................................... 12
    1.2.3 Key issue 3 – Focus on supporting growth in a few key areas ............................................................ 13
    1.2.4 Key issue 4 – Providing community services differently ..................................................................... 14
    1.2.5 Key issue 5 – Natural environment and water quality programmes ................................................. 15
    1.2.6 Focusing on better delivery of Māori Outcomes ................................................................................... 16
 1.3  Our plan  .................................................................................................................................................................. 17
    1.3.1 Our strategic lenses  ..................................................................................................................................... 17
    1.3.2 What we will deliver  .................................................................................................................................... 18
    1.3.3 How we will manage our finances  ........................................................................................................... 25
    1.3.4 An uncertain future  .................................................................................................................................... 27
 1.4  Your Rates  ............................................................................................................................................................. 28
Wāhanga tuarua: Ō mātou tahua pūtea
Section 2: Our finances  ....................................................................................................................................... 31
 2.1   Financial overview ................................................................................................................................................ 32
 2.2   Prospective Funding Impact Statement ......................................................................................................... 35
 2.3  Prospective Financial Statements and notes ................................................................................................ 37
Wāhanga tuatoru: Tā te kaitātari kaute
Section 3: Auditor’s Report  ............................................................................................................................. 75
Wāhanga tuawha: He pārongo atu anō
Section 4: Additional information  ............................................................................................................... 81 
4.1  How the organisation is structured  ................................................................................................................. 82 
    4.1.1 Governing Body members .......................................................................................................................... 83 
    4.1.2 Auckland Council Executive Leadership Team ..................................................................................... 84 
    4.1.3 Local Boards  ................................................................................................................................................ 85 
    4.1.4 Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs) .............................................................................................. 85 
    4.1.5 Independent Māori Statutory Board (IMSB) .......................................................................................... 85 
    4.1.6 Advisory panels............................................................................................................................................ 86 
4.2   Co-Governance arrangements .......................................................................................................................... 86 
4.3   How to contact the council ................................................................................................................................ 87 
    4.3.1 Locations that offer council services ...................................................................................................... 87 
4.4   Glossary of terms ................................................................................................................................................. 88 
4.5   Key word index ...................................................................................................................................................... 90
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MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
He karere nā te koromātua
He karere nā te tumu whakarae
Message from the Mayor 
Message from the 
Auckland Council’s 10-year Budget 2021-2031 invests $31.8 
Chief Executive 
billion into our city and its infrastructure. It’s the single 
Aucklanders’ needs are continuously changing as 
In preparing this 10-year 
the city becomes more diverse. We are living and 
Budget we have struck 
largest infrastructure package in Auckland’s history and a 21 
working in dynamic times and significant trends and 
a balance between the 
per cent increase on our previous 10-year Budget in 2018.
impacts are still emerging, many as a result of the 
demands created by our growing region, climate 
impacts of COVID-19. We have learnt through the last 
change, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on 
18 months that the implications of COVID-19 won’t 
our communities, changing community needs and 
This budget is a continuation of the Emergency 
We know we will have to do more on climate 
be limited to 2020 or 2021. That as a consequence of 
our ability to finance those demands.
Budget struck in 2020, and responds to the 
change, and this budget lays the groundwork for 
COVID-19, the impacts on the business community 
unprecedented loss in council income caused by 
further action in future annual budgets.
Embedded in the 10-year Budget is an expectation 
and on communities generally will ripple on for 
the COVID-19 pandemic. 
to take more deliberate action to get our family of 
To ensure that we can continue to protect 
potentially many years to come. Auckland is also 
organisations aligned more effectively and delivering 
While the impacts of COVID-19 are less severe than 
and enhance our natural environment and 
experiencing impacts that are different to many 
more effective outcomes in the aggregate. 
had initially been projected, council is still facing 
native species, we are extending our Natural 
other parts of the country.
We are very conscious of the role that our services, 
an estimated revenue loss of more than $750 
Environment and Water Quality targeted rates to 
A year ago, we prepared the Emergency Budget 
capital development projects, investments and 
million over 2021 and the first three years of this 
2030/31. We will also increase the Water Quality 
based on the immediate impacts of COVID-19 on 
spending plays in the economic recovery of 
10-year Budget. Rather than taking an austerity 
Targeted Rate in line with general rates rises. This 
revenue, public transport, tourism and reduced 
Auckland. The increased investment of $31.8 billion 
approach in the face of this challenge, we have 
will enable us to extend our focus on improving 
demand for some of our community and regulatory 
in capital projects, will not only keep building the 
opted to maintain our investments in critical 
water quality to areas including the Eastern 
services. Through that budget, and across the 
infrastructure that current and future Aucklanders 
infrastructure builds and renewals, as well as the 
Isthmus and Manukau Harbour catchments, and 
council and Council Controlled Organisations, 
will need, but will help create jobs and stimulate the 
key services and facilities that Aucklanders rely on.
extend and increase regional work programmes 
we took significant steps to reduce costs as well 
local economy.
supported by the Water Quality Targeted Rate.
as levels of service in some areas (for example in 
Funding decisions we have made will enable an 
the activities that support the tourism sector). 
We will increase our focus on climate action. While 
additional $900 million of capital projects to 
To fund our record investments in Auckland 
Together we achieved our $120 million savings 
we already have many programmes that tackle our 
carbon footprint, another $152 million is provided in 
proceed over the next three years despite the 
(including the additional $900 million in the first 
target while also delivering more efficiently 
this budget, along with the acknowledgement that 
impacts of COVID-19. This maintains the planned 
three years), we will lock in $90 million a year of 
important community and council services. While 
we need to continue to consider the climate change 
pipeline of work – and brings forward important 
savings from cost efficiencies, raise $70 million 
some of the COVID-19 impacts on service demand 
have continued, other areas, such as demand for 
impacts of everything we do.
infrastructure projects that will help stimulate the 
a year for vital assets through the sale of surplus 
regulatory services, rebounded to exceed pre-
The way we provide customer and community 
recovery from the economic downturn.
properties, increase borrowing within prudent 
limits, and maintain our long-term annual average 
COVID-19 levels reflecting the large number of 
services is also part of our response to the needs of 
Funding for renewals and maintenance has also 
general rates increase at 3.5 per cent, but with a 
infrastructure and housing developments still 
Aucklanders. The expectations our customers and 
been increased by 50 per cent over the previous 
one-off increase of 5 per cent next year.
shaping our city. This has put pressure on our 
communities have of us have changed. Providing 
10-year Budget. This includes Watercare’s 
services.
more choice for people by increasing our digital 
infrastructure budget over the 10 years increasing 
This is an effective middle ground that finds a 
Our communities, partners and businesses are 
services, prioritising investment in assets to areas 
from $5.7 billion to $9.7 billion. These funding 
balance between the $750 million loss of income 
also under unprecedented pressure. There’s an 
that need them most and putting more focus on 
increases will help ensure that future generations 
due to COVID-19, while ensuring that we maintain 
expectation on council to make sure we are doing 
supporting Māori-led and community-led services 
of Aucklanders are not left with the consequences 
the investment necessary to stimulate recovery 
the things that are necessary for our communities, 
and local partnerships means we have a range of 
of a failure to invest in vital infrastructure, such as 
and make progress to build a world-class city.
doing them well, and not encumbering ourselves 
responses that can adapt to local community needs. 
we have seen in other cities.
The billions invested in this budget will help 
with services for which there are better providers 
We are operating in an environment where there 
and solutions in the market. Understanding current 
is more economic pressure on us to be sharper 
While this budget aims to drive the recovery from 
Auckland and New Zealand pull out of the 
and future service demands is also timely given the 
and better at delivery of services that support the 
COVID-19, we are also looking towards future 
COVID-19 crisis while addressing transport and 
significant government reform programme. 
local government wellbeings than at any other time 
challenges—in particular those posed by climate 
traffic congestion, sustaining and enhancing 
in our history. We are committed to ensuring our 
change. 
the environment, improving water quality and 
Central government policy including three waters 
the resilience of our water supply, building more 
reform, the framework replacing the RMA, Local 
organisation is in the best possible shape to respond 
Consequently, our package of new climate action 
infrastructure for housing and tackling the threats 
Government reforms, the climate agenda and 
to the challenges of this changing environment and 
adds a further $152 million over 10 years to reduce 
the services we provide are effective, efficient and 
posed by climate change.
multiple national policy statements – will escalate 
greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the 
the need for councils to consider what we need to 
relevant to the needs of Aucklanders. 
impacts of climate change. This will allow us to 
It is a Recovery Budget that will keep Auckland 
focus on, what activities may be shifted away from 
There is strength in our diversity. By working 
immediately cease the purchase of diesel buses 
moving. 
local government, and what that means for our 
together, we can continue to leverage Tāmaki 
and ensure that all new buses in Auckland are low-
Hon Phil Goff
services, partnerships, and workforce. 
 
Makaurau’s potential and create an Auckland we can 
emission electric or hydrogen vehicles. Millions  
all be proud of. 
Mayor of Auckland
In every challenge is an opportunity. Our opportunity 
more trees will be planted as carbon sinks and, 
is to reset our approach and focus on the things that 
Jim Stabback 
with government help, 50 per cent of council’s 
matter most to Aucklanders, and in doing that, look 
vehicle fleet will be non-carbon emitting by 2030. 
at the systemic change that is needed to deliver 
Chief Executive
those things. 
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SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET
Wāhanga tuatahi: 
He rārangi ō ta mātou 
Tahua Pūtea Whakarauora
Section one: 
An outline of 
Our Recovery Budget
DAIRY
LOCAL STORE
BAKERY
BUTCHER
FLORIST
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SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.1 A SNAPSHOT OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET
1.1 A snapshot of 
Our Recovery Budget
O U R   S T R AT E G I C   L E N S E S . . .
Recovery
Climate Change 
Māori Outcomes 
Development 
Focus on considering climate 
Focus on opportunities to achieve 
Focus on supporting growth  
Focus on supporting communities and 
impacts in everything we do 
better outcomes for Māori
in a few key areas
stimulating jobs and economic recovery
W E   N E E D   T O   B A L A N C E . . .
O U R   1 0 -Y E A R   P L A N
A $32 billion package of capital investment that will enable continued 
 
KEY ISSUE  
delivery of key services and strong investment in new and renewed assets as 
well as helping stimulate the economic recovery of Auckland - supported by a 
Rising
COVID-19 revenue impacts 
 

 
mixture of funding mechanisms including rates, borrowings, costs savings and 
investment 
Existing commitments
asset recycling. — see page 8-15 for more info
demand 
 
Keeping borrowing at responsible 
A climate action package that contributes to the reduction 
KEY ISSUE  
levels with enough headroom to 
of greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the impact of 
Rapid growth
deal with future shocks

climate change. 
 
— see page 12 for more info
Changing community needs 
 
Considering the overall impact of 
and transport demand
our proposals on our community
KEY ISSUE  
Focusing our infrastructure support for housing and 
 
growth to a few key areas. 
Ageing assets
 

— see page 13 for more info
 
Need to respond to climate change
Reduced 
KEY ISSUE  
Changing the way we deliver community services to better 
 
investment 
meet the needs of our diverse and changing communities. 
Need to support recovery

capacity
— see page 14 for more info
Continuing to make progress with protecting and enhancing 
KEY ISSUE  
our natural environment through extension of the Natural 

Environment Targeted Rate and Water Quality Targeted Rate 
to 2031 plus increasing the Water Quality Targeted Rate in line 
with the general rate increase. – see page 15 for more info.
 
 
 
      
O U R   F U N D I N G   L E V E R S . . .
$70 million asset recycling 
$90 million of 
Increased council borrowing 
A one-off 5 per cent increase 
target per year 
ongoing savings
in the short term
in average general rates
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 SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.2 KEY ISSUES
1.2.1 Key issue 1 — Finding the balance
Ngā take matua
1.2 Key issues
In this 10-year Budget we have had to find a 
ii. Changing needs
balance between all of the pressures that need 
Auckland is one of the most diverse cities in 
addressing and would require us to make more 
the world. It is a mix of different ethnicities, 
investment, and all of the financial pressures 
sexualities, gender identities and age-groups. It 
that limit our ability to make these much 
includes those that face accessibility issues.
needed investments. 
Many community services and facilities that 
A bit more detail on these challenges follows:
we currently provide were introduced when 
a) Rising investment demand
our communities were less diverse. We need 
to continually adapt our services to meet the 
Auckland continues to rapidly grow and change. 
changing needs of our communities.
We face some major challenges in relation to 
iii. Transport demands
climate change and the degradation of our 
Traffic congestion has a big impact on 
natural environment. We also need to look after 
the Auckland economy. The benefits of 
all Aucklanders and ensure that we provide 
decongesting Auckland’s transport network 
assets and services fairly.
have been estimated to be between $900 
i. Rapid growth
million and $1.3 billion per year (approximately 
Auckland’s population continues to increase 
1 to 1.5 per cent of Auckland’s GDP). A recent 
and is expected to reach over 1.9 million by 
business survey found that 33 per cent of 
2031. This means we need to provide services to 
respondents now view traffic congestion as the 
more people.
main obstacle to growth and operations, up from 
just 5 per cent four years ago.
More people also puts pressure on housing 
supply and housing affordability. While we do 
Auckland has a serious problem with road 
not build houses, we need to do our part to 
deaths and injuries. In 2020 alone, 37 people 
ensure there is enough infrastructure (such as 
died and 489 people were seriously injured on 
roads, water pipes, public transport, parks, and 
our roads.
community facilities) to accommodate growth.
At the same time, transport related emissions 
We also need enough infrastructure to support 
accounted for about 44 per cent of Auckland’s 
new business developments, as more people 
total emissions in 2016. Between 2007 and 2017, 
will need places to work and do business. As 
on-road transport emissions increased by about 
Auckland grows, we will also need to spend 
9 per cent.
more to mitigate the impacts of growth on  
Substantial investment is needed in Auckland’s 
the natural environment and the health of  
transport network to address these issues and 
our waterways. 
continue to provide more 
transport choices  
for Aucklanders.
Auckland’s diversity:
180 = 
Almost a 
28.2% 
15.5% of 
The number of older 
Disability – 
approximate 
quarter of Māori 
(proportion of 
Aucklanders 
Aucklanders (those aged 
one in five 
number of 
live in Auckland 
Aucklanders who  who are 
65 and over) continues 
Aucklanders 
ethnicities 
(26.9% increase 
identify with an 
of Pacific 
to increase over time, 
were identified 
and 175 
in the number 
Asian ethnicity) 
ethnicity 
up 13.0 per cent since 
as disabled in 
languages
of Māori living in 
up from 23.1%
(25.1% increase) 2013. This is expected 
the 2013 
Auckland)
to approximately double 
Disability survey.
in the two decades from 
2018, reaching a total of 
400,000 by 2038.
 
Source: 2018 Census of Population and Dwellings, Statistics New Zealand
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1.2 KEY ISSUES
iv. Looking after our assets
Auckland International Airport Limited. This 
While the debt limit ensures we stay prudent, it 
iv.  Impacts of our decisions on 
Updated information on our existing 
has been made worse by reduced revenue 
constrains our ability to invest in our strategic 
the community
infrastructure has identified the need to 
from water use due to drought related water 
projects. The impact of COVID-19 has made this 
We are very conscious of the costs of our 
increase spending to maintain, repair or 
restrictions and other reductions in revenue 
worse in the short-term due to the impact on 
decisions on ratepayers and the community as a 
replace many of these assets. This additional 
from across the council group.
our revenue.
whole. While there is ongoing pressure to spend 
investment is important to protect our assets 
more and little appetite to reduce service levels, 
While the situation with COVID-19 
In May 2020 we agreed that it would be prudent, 
and reduce the risk of infrastructure failure.
we know we cannot impose significant costs on 
and its economic impacts is 
under the circumstances, to temporarily depart 
the community through large rate increases and 
The timing of this spending is important. 
still highly uncertain, the latest 
from our normal financial policy settings. Our 
major increases to fees and charges.
If we wait too long, the risks may become 
projections are that cash revenue 
rating agencies have indicated that we have 
unacceptable and long-term costs could  
for the council group will be 
some capacity for higher debt levels, they 
c) Finding the right balance
rise dramatically.
around $750 million less over the four-year 
have also indicated that if we moved to those 
higher settings we would need to be careful 
In finalising this 10-year Budget we have worked 
v. Responding to climate change
period from July 2020 to June 2024, compared 
with our interest cost levels, annual cashflow 
to balance the pressures to spend more with 
In June 2019 we declared a climate emergency 
to the pre-COVID projections. Our latest 
and the flexibility in our capital programme. 
the reduced capacity to fund those pressures. 
reflecting the threat that climate change poses 
scenario modelling has indicated that if the 
We also need to consider how much headroom 
This budget provides for a $31.8 billion capital 
to our economy, environment, and way of life.
COVID-19 impacts are more severe and last 
longer than currently projected, the revenue 
we should retain to be able to respond to any 
expenditure programme, which will not only 
This was followed in June 2020 by Te Tāruke-ā-
reduction could be as large as $1 billion during 
future shocks.
keep Auckland running at the level people have 
Tāwhiri: Auckland’s Climate Plan, which sets out 
that same period. 
a plan for the region to:
Because our ability to borrow is dependent on 
10-YEAR BUDGET  10-YEAR BUDGET 
•  reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per 
our income, this projected reduction in income 
2018-2028
2021-2031
cent by 2030
has a substantial impact on our ability to invest 
• reach net zero emissions by 2050
in Auckland over the next few years.
Transport

$11.97b
$12.65b
•  create a pathway to prepare for the impacts 
ii. Existing commitments
of climate change.
In April 2019, we decided to budget for an 
While we are already doing a lot of work tackling 
additional $500 million of investment in the City 
emissions, more investment will be needed to 
Rail Link to future- proof growth and allow an 
Water, wastewater and stormwater

$7.08b
$11.14b
play our part to help meet these regional goals. 
appropriate level of contingency. In July 2020, 
More investment will also be needed to make 
we had to fund $224 million of new water supply 
our infrastructure more resilient to the effects 
spending to respond to Auckland’s drought.
of climate change such as rising sea levels and 
These commitments have reduced our flexibility 
more frequent extreme weather events.
Parks and community

$3.70b
$4.56b
to spend in other areas. Other contractual 
vi. Supporting recovery
commitments we have made to large, multi-year 
Investing in capital projects is a major way that 
projects like the Central Interceptor and Eastern 
we can support the local economy. Making sure 
Busway have also contributed to this.
City centre and local development

$1.28b
$1.17b
we put our money in the right places at the 
iii.  Need to keep borrowing at 
right time is key to providing jobs and economic 
responsible levels
stimulus for our recovery.
We use debt to fund new capital investment 
Economic and cultural 
b)  Reduced investment 
as a fair way to spread the cost over future 
Aucklanders who will benefit from 
development

$0.40b
$0.55b
capacity
that investment.
While responding to the above challenges is 
Our debt limit ensures that our 
important, our financial ability to respond is 
financial position stays prudent 
Environmental management 
limited. The key factors that limit our ability to 
and sustainable over time. We 
and regulation

$0.15b
$0.18b
spend additional money are set out below.
need to be careful that we don’t increase debt 
i. COVID-19 revenue impacts
to a level that overly burdens future ratepayers, 
or adversely affects our credit ratings. A lower 
COVID-19 is having a significant impact on our 
Council support

$1.63b
$1.57b
credit rating would reduce our ability to borrow 
revenue. This includes revenue reductions 
money when we need it and increase the cost 
from Ports of Auckland, public transport, 
when we do. 
conventions and stadiums, and dividends from 
 TOTAL  INVESTMENT  ($  BILLION)
$26. 20b
$31.80b
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SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.2 KEY ISSUES
become used to but will also continue to build 
supporting role in helping our communities 
for the future. This level of investment is greater 
upskill, working alongside others.
1.2.2 Key issue 2   
than ever before despite the difficult financial 
Over the 10 year period we will be spending 
Climate Change action
circumstances that we face in the short term.
$31.8 billion on capital projects, with $8.8 
In order to maintain a high level of investment 
billion of this in the first 3 years This is a huge 
As indicated in Section 1.2.1, climate change is 
•  progressing towards making Queen Street 
in the face of the impacts of COVID-19 on our 
injection into the Auckland economy, creating 
one of our major challenges and has resulted 
valley a zero-carbon zone
revenues we have had to utilise four key  
significant direct and indirect employment as 
in Council declaring a climate emergency and 
funding levers:
new assets are created and existing assets are 
•  increasing our zero-waste resource recovery 
adopting a climate plan (Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: 
network.
•  Average general rates will increase by 5 
renewed. This investment will not only ensure 
Auckland’s Climate Plan). The regional goals set 
per cent in year one of the 10-year Budget. 
that we keep providing assets and services 
As well as trying to reduce our impact on climate 
out in this plan are to:
Without this increase, $900 million of capital 
to Aucklanders as the city grows but will 
change through reducing emissions, we also 
•  Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by  
expenditure would have had to be deferred 
also significantly assist Auckland’s economic 
have to prepare for the consequences of existing 
50 per cent by 2030
from the first three years of the budget. The 
recovery from the pandemic.
changes in weather patterns and rising sea 
average general rates increase will return to 
Supporting our communities to be strong 
•  Reach net zero emissions by 2050
levels driven by climate change. As we build new 
3.5 per cent for subsequent years.
and resilient 
Many of our existing programmes play a role 
assets, or renew existing ones, we are ensuring 
that resilience is built into our infrastructure 
•  Council debt will increase in the short term 
Key impacts of COVID-19 on our communities 
in reducing our emissions e.g. investment in 
networks. Work is underway to improve the 
but then gradually reduce to below the 270 
include increased levels of stress, physical 
walking and cycling infrastructure, increased 
planning for coastal change and to respond to 
per cent debt to revenue ratio which we 
and mental health challenges, and increasing 
support for public transport, planting in parks, 
natural hazards and extreme weather events.
consider to be a more prudent level.
deprivation in areas that are already worse 
wetlands and on roadsides, reduction in waste  
off in comparison to other parts of Auckland. 
to landfill.
•  We will recycle around $400 million of 
While we are making progress to tackle climate 
Council’s strength is our ability to create 
surplus assets to reinvest in more critical 
In addition to these ongoing commitments, 
impacts through these investments, we 
opportunities for communities to come together 
infrastructure.
in this 10-year Budget there has been specific 
recognise there is much more we need to do 
through the services and physical spaces we 
to help meet the regional emission goals and 
•  As well as increasing our revenue and debt, 
recognition of the need to focus on our role in 
provide. We are focusing on tailoring services 
build resilience to the climate change impacts 
a target of $90 million per annum of cost 
reducing emissions and adapting to climate 
to communities of greatest needs and building 
on our infrastructure. Council has an important 
savings have been included in this budget. 
change, so funding ($152 million) has been 
community resilience, so we recover stronger 
provided for a specific package of actions. This 
role to play in both of these areas, but we 
For more information about our 10-year Budget 
together. 
package will include; 
cannot do it alone. Reducing emissions and 
package see Section 1.3 of this Volume and 
Assisting businesses to recover and grow
building resilience are goals that we need to 
the Financial Strategy found in Section 1.3 of 
•  planting 200 hectares of native forest in our 
Many businesses are struggling from the 
work towards in partnership with government, 
Volume 2.
regional parks
disruptive impacts of COVID-19, including 
businesses and communities.
•  all new buses will be electric or hydrogen 
d) Our recovery budget
border closures and the loss of revenue. We 
powered from 2021
are now looking to the future to enable more 
This 10-year Budget and, in particular, the level 
sustainable business models through attracting 
• planting 11,000 more street trees
of investment will also play an important part in 
investment and the right skills into Auckland. 
Auckland’s recovery from the COVID-19.
We will also continue to support the economy 
Stimulating jobs through capital investment
through our town centre programmes and 
COVID-19 has led to considerable job loss 
visitor attraction activities.
and displacement of workers and already 
disadvantaged groups are disproportionately 
impacted. Council’s capital programme is our 
best means of creating jobs and we have a 
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SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.2 KEY ISSUES
1.2.3 Key issue 3   
1.2.4 Key issue 4   
Focus on supporting growth 
Providing community 
in a few key areas
services differently 
Despite the uncertainty arising from COVID-19, 
Councils have traditionally provided community 
and facilities that better meet the needs of 
Auckland’s population continues to grow 
services through building community assets 
our communities. We propose to do this by 
rapidly. The demand for new infrastructure 
and delivering services through those. This 
working with our local boards who understand 
is rising while there is a growing need to look 
means that Auckland now has a large network 
the specific needs of their local communities. 
after our existing roads, water pipes, public 
of community facilities, many of which are aging 
Moving fully to this new approach will take time. 
transport, parks and community facilities. The 
and require significant renewal investment. 
In the next three years users of our services 
Development Strategy and Auckland Unitary 
NORTH WEST
Auckland’s population continues to grow and 
will not see any significant changes to existing 
Plan encourages a more compact city which 
become increasingly diverse. The needs of our 
services but we will be adding improved and 
CRL STATIONS
uses infrastructure more efficiently. 
communities are changing over time. We need 
integrated digital services. 
The council has major and smaller projects 
to become more adaptable in how we provide 
In the meantime, $65 million of the extra 
underway across the region to support the 
community services to keep up with these 
funding is provided in the first three years to 
ongoing growth of Auckland. However, the 
changing needs.
address the highest priorities for community 
capacity to support growth is not unlimited 
AHP & TAMAKI
This 10-year Budget has provided an additional 
services and facilities. This would provide a 
and in this 10-year Budget we had to prioritise. 
$900 million of investment in community 
level of renewals to safeguard our facilities 
We have identified a few key locations to 
facilities, with a significant proportion of 
from asset failure and will support high-
focus our limited resources. These are all joint 
this being for renewals. However, our ageing 
priority growth projects such as the Scott 
priority areas agreed with government and 
asset base will demand increasing levels 
Point sustainable sports park and the Flatbush 
include:
of investment and this is not financially 
combined library, community and arts centre at 
•  Auckland Housing Programme (Mt Roskill, 
sustainable. We have decided to do more in 
Ormiston. It will also:
Oranga, Mangere, and Northcote) & Tamaki 
using alternative ways of delivering services, 
DRURY
•  provide new neighbourhood space in 
•  North West (including Red Hills, 
through partnerships and digital channels and 
greenfield areas
Whenuapai and Westgate)
multi-use facilities. These are less dependent 
•  support Kāinga Ora developments, sports 
on having a large number of community assets. 
•  Drury (a new community providing housing 
park investments in areas of greatest need
and employment opportunities)
Over time, implementation of this new approach 
•  allow for progress on coastal protection 
•  CRL Stations (Mt Eden and Karangahape).
will see us sell aging community assets that 
areas such as the Orewa Seawall.
are not fit for purpose and reinvest in services 
Over $2 billion of infrastructure spend will go into supporting these growth areas (excluding CRL) and, 
based on our modelling, we expect this to help support growth over the next 10 years as follows:
HOMES
JOBS
PEOPLE
COUNCIL INVESTMENT
AHP and Tamaki
9,300
2,800
27,400
$733m
Northwest
5,100
8.100
13,600
$981m
Drury
4,000
1,500
10,500
$475m
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SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.2 KEY ISSUES
1.2.5 Key issue 5 
1.2.6 Focusing on better 
Natural environment 
delivery of Māori Outcomes 
and water quality programmes
Kia Ora Tāmaki Makaurau is the framework 
Our long-term priorities and 
we use to measure our delivery performance 
mana outcomes
In 2018 we introduced two new targeted 
working on the programmes and projects that 
on the strategic priorities that have been 
rates to enable us to provide additional, 
are already making a difference. In addition, we 
identified by Māori. We focus on opportunities 
 
specific funding addressing concerns with our 
have increased the water quality targeted rate 
Papakāinga and Māori 
Māori Business Tourism 
to achieve better outcomes for Māori 
Housing 
and Employment 
degrading environment and poor water quality 
in line with the general rate increase to enable 
through our investment decisions, with the 
Kia Ora te Kāinga
Kia Ora te Umanga
in our streams and harbours. These targeted 
major construction projects to commence six 
involvement of mana whenua, iwi and Māori 
rates would have expired in 2028 so we have 
years earlier. The additional funding provided by 
community entities.
extended them to 2031 to enable us to keep 
these targeted rates will:
The ongoing effects from the COVID-19 
Whānau and Tamariki 
Realising Rangatahi 
Wellbeing 
Potential 
pandemic and potential changes to the 
Kia Ora te Whānau
Kia Ora te Rangatahi
WATER QUALITY TARGETED RATE 
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TARGETED RATE 
operating environment for local government 
(ADDITIONAL $256 MILLION)
(ADDITIONAL $107 MILLION)
will require us to adapt how we deliver these 
outcomes. Underpinning the approach going 
•  Deliver improved water quality in:
•  Maintaining momentum with existing 
forward will be working in partnership across 
Marae Development 
Kaitiakitanga 
Kia Ora te Marae
Kia Ora te Taiao
– Manukau Harbour 
programmes to protect native species
all levels of government and the community 
– Tamaki Estuary 
to access funding and support for new ways 
–  Beaches between Parnell  
•  Further funding to continue to address  
of delivering. Our commitment to delivering 
and Glendowie
kauri dieback
for our Māori communities is with a ‘by Māori 
Effective Māori 
Te Reo Māori 
– Wairau Estuary.
Participation 
•  Continue to deliver programmes  
for Māori’ approach and opportunities to do 
Kia Ora te Reo
Kia Ora te Hononga
•  Fund additional litter trap projects  
addressing predator and weed control.
that will be a focus. Specific funding has been 
across the region to:
identified across the 10 years to deliver on 
An Empowered 
– Remove contaminants 
Māori outcomes within the key activity areas 
Māori Identity and 
Organisation 
Overview of Māori Outcomes 10 year spend ($150 million)
– Improve water quality.
of council. Focusing funding on Māori-led 
Culture 
Kia Hāngai te 
initiatives supports the development of new and 
Kia Ora te Aurea
Kaunihera
innovative ways to deliver outcomes.
Kia ora te marae - 
In this 10-year Budget $150 million has been 
Marae Development
$54.6m
allocated to supporting Māori Outcomes
Kia hāngai te kaunihera:
Kia Ora te reo - Te Reo Māori 
an empowered organisation,
$2.5m
$1.1m
Kia ora te ahurea - Māori Ahurea $8.6m
Overview 
Kia ora te hononga Effective
Kia ora te umanga - Māori 
Māori Participation,
business, tourism and Umanga $2.2m 
of 10-year 
$18.4m
Kia ora te taiao: kaitiakitanga, 
spend
$0.9m
Cultural Initatives Fund
Funds to be allocated
(Marae Dev./Papakāinga &
$16.2m
Māori Housing), $12.0m
Kia ora te Whānau and
Tamariki Wellbeing, $0.1m
Funds for Māori-led
initiatives, $30.0m
Programme Delivery
$3.5m
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Kia Ora te reo - 
Kia hāngai t
Te Reo Māori 
e kaunihera: 
$2.5, 2%
an empowered 
organisation, $1.1, 1% 
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.3 OUR PLAN
Ō mātou mahere 
1.3.2 What we will deliver
Following is a high-level snapshot of what we 
in our 10-year Budget are outlined. More detail 
1.3 Our plan
will be delivering under each of our activity 
on these activities can be found in Volume 2 
themes. The key challenges for each activity 
Section 2 – Our Activities.
theme along with the main responses included 
1.3.1 Our strategic lenses
Transport 
 
KEY AREAS OF SPEND
CAPITAL 
OPERATING 
HOW OPERATING 
RATES VALUE 
Finding the right balance in this 10-year Budget was 
SPEND
SPEND
COSTS ARE FUNDED
PER $100
difficult and it was important that we focused in on what 
55%
45%
$12,645m $19,635m
31
we were trying to achieve in the next 10 years, with a 
Other, including fees 
Rates
and charges
particular view on the current environment. We came 
up with four focus points, or “lenses”, through which we 
What we do:
Auckland Transport is responsible for building and managing our network of local and arterial roads, 
could view every part of our plan and all our decisions to 
footpaths, cycleways, bridges, carparks and culverts. They also provide public transport services across 
the rail, bus and ferry networks.
ensure that they were addressing these critical issues and 
leading to the longer term outcomes we want to achieve.
The challenges:
Our plan:
•   Growth – transport infrastructure is a 
•  Focus areas for growth – as outlined in Section 1.2, 
Recovery - Focusing on supporting communities and stimulating jobs and 
key enabler of growth and there is major 
we are focusing our support for growth into a few 
economic recovery through our capital investment to stimulate construction, 
pressure for investment in both greenfield 
key areas and new transport infrastructure will align 
jobs and the economic recovery. Also supporting our communities who have 
and brownfield development areas
with this.
been significantly impacted by COVID-19.
•  Improving network capacity and performance – 
•   Congestion - The benefits of 
Māori Outcomes 
we are working to look after and improve the existing 
- Focusing on opportunities to achieve better outcomes for  
decongesting Auckland’s transport 
network including projects such as traffic light 
Māori through our investment decisions, with the involvement of mana 
network have been estimated to be 
optimisation, improvements to significant traffic 
whenua, mataawaka, iwi and Māori community entities.
between $900 million and $1.3 billion per 
corridors and freight network improvements
Climate Change - Focusing on the threat that climate change poses to our 
year (approximately 1 to 1.5 per cent of 
•  Improving public transport – significant 
economy, environment, and way of life and considering the climate impacts 
Auckland’s GDP)
investment is planned for the 10 years across the 
in everything that we do. 
•   Safety - Auckland has a serious problem 
bus, rail and ferry networks
Development - Focusing on supporting growth and aligning our investment 
with road deaths and injuries. In 2020 
•  Investing in safety – reducing transport related 
in infrastructure with our Development Strategy.
alone, 37 people died and 489 people 
harm is a key focus for the 10 years with a number of 
were seriously injured on our roads.
projects targeted at safety improvements. 
•  Climate change – Transport-related 
•  Increasing active transport – our transport 
emissions accounts for about 44 percent 
investment will include ongoing expansion of the 
walking and cycling network.
of Auckland’s total emissions.
•  Reducing emissions – all new buses purchased 
from 2021 will be electric or hydrogen powered.
Regional Fuel Tax:
In 2018 we introduced a Regional Fuel Tax (RFT) of 10 cents per litre (plus 
GST) on sales of petrol and diesel in the Auckland region. This funding, along 
with matching Waka Kotahi funding is enabling a significant ramping up of 
investment in transport in Auckland. Some minor changes are forecast for the 
projects supported by the RFT following government announcements of other 
    
funding sources for previously included projects. 
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1.3 OUR PLAN
Water, wastewater and stormwater services 
Parks and Community
KEY AREAS OF SPEND
CAPITAL 
OPERATING 
HOW OPERATING 
RATES VALUE 
OPERATING 
HOW OPERATING 
RATES VALUE 
SPEND
SPEND
COSTS ARE FUNDED
PER $100
KEY AREAS OF SPEND
CAPITAL 
SPEND
SPEND
COSTS ARE FUNDED
PER $100
83%
17%
10%
90%
$11,136m $10,407m
9
$4,561m
$10,176m
33
Other, including fees 
Rates
Other, including fees 
Rates
and charges
and charges
What we do:
What we do:
Watercare Services Ltd is responsible for delivering high quality drinking water to households and 
Auckland has a significant network of parks, libraries, swimming pools, recreation centres, arts and 
businesses, and the removal and safe discharge of wastewater. They build and maintain significant 
culture facilities and other community spaces. Council builds and maintains these facilities and 
infrastructure assets to provide these services. The Healthy Waters department of Council builds  
provides a wide range of activities and events to communities. Council also works to maintain coastal 
and maintains the infrastructure and services that manage the stormwater runoff entering our  
assets and prevent beach erosion. We also support a number of co-governance entities, including 
streams and harbours.
Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority.
The challenges:
Our plan:
The challenges:
Our plan:
•   Growth  – water infrastructure is a key 
•  Focus areas for growth – as outlined in Section 1.2, 
•   Growth – community facilities are not 
•  Focus areas for growth – as outlined in Section 1.2, 
enabler of growth and there is major 
we are focusing our support for growth into a few key 
typically an enabler of growth but tend to be 
we are focusing our support for growth into a few 
pressure for investment in both greenfield 
areas and new water infrastructure will align with this.
built as the community grows and expects a 
key areas and our expenditure on new community 
and brownfield development areas.
wider range of services. The ongoing growth of 
facilities, as well as some renewal expenditure, will 
•  Investing in additional water supply – Watercare 
Auckland is creating more demand.
support that approach.
•  Drought impacts on water supply – 
has brought forward its plan for supplementing 
lower than average rainfall when added 
Auckland’s water supply with additional take from 
•  Ageing assets – we have approximately $4.7 
•  Changing delivery - we are planning to do more 
to population growth has meant ongoing 
the Waikato River as well as upgrading some local 
billion of buildings and built assets across 
with alternative ways of delivering services, through 
water supply was restricted for several 
reservoirs.
our network. Many of these are ageing and 
partnerships and digital channels and multi-use 
months. Existing supply levels need to be 
utilisation is declining. Maintaining the full 
facilities. These are less dependent on having a large 
•  Improving water quality – Major projects such as 
supplemented to provide resilience.
network of these facilities is not financially 
number of community assets.
the Central and Northern Interceptors will see sewage 
sustainable.
•  Contamination of streams and beaches 
removed and treated that would otherwise flow into 
•  Additional investment in the short term – an 
– storm events result in contamination 
the harbours. A range of other projects will remove 
•  Changing needs – Auckland’s communities 
additional $65 million has been provided over the 
of streams, beaches and harbours across 
contaminants from stormwater and restore streams 
are not only growing but those communities, 
first three years to address the highest priorities for 
Auckland. 
and surrounding environments to improve water 
and their needs, are becoming more diverse.
community services and facilities. This safeguards 
our facilities from asset failure and supports high-
•  Climate change – droughts and severe 
quality.
•  Climate change – our parks network has an 
priority growth projects
storms create issues for both water supply in 
•  Building resilience – improving the reliability of our 
important part to play in the mitigation of 
drought conditions, and for our wastewater 
network and ensuring that as new infrastructure is 
emissions from other activities. We need to 
•  Divesting ageing assets in the long term –  
and stormwater infrastructure in heavy 
built it will take into account the changing impact of 
make sure that the way we manage our parks 
over time we will sell aging community assets that 
rainfall events.
weather events and the need to provide resilience 
promotes the best climate outcomes. 
are not fit for purpose and reinvest in services 
during natural disasters.
and facilities that better meet the needs of our 
communities.
•  Increased plantings in regional parks – a key 
Water Quality Targeted Rate:
action in our climate change package is the planting 
The previous 10-year budget accelerated actions to improve our water quality funded by the 
of 200ha of native forest in our regional parks.
Water Quality Targeted Rate. It has already funded work such as contributing $10 million towards 
a six-year clean-up of the Kaipara Harbour and has allowed us to re-open five beaches that were 
previously closed because of public health concerns. We have focussed on the western isthmus 
Implementing the change in service delivery:
where the worst wastewater overflows have been. In this 10-year Budget we have extended the 
The change in delivery approach with more on-line services and working in 
targeted rate to 2031 and increased it in line with the general rates increase. This will enable the 
partnership with others will be piloted in the first three years of this 10-year 
water quality projects to extend further across Auckland.
Budget. While the delivery mechanism may be different there are no planned 
changes to levels of service.
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SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.3 OUR PLAN
Centres development
Economic and Cultural development
KEY AREAS OF SPEND
CAPITAL 
OPERATING 
HOW OPERATING 
RATES VALUE 
OPERATING 
HOW OPERATING 
RATES VALUE 
SPEND
SPEND
COSTS ARE FUNDED
PER $100
KEY AREAS OF SPEND
CAPITAL 
SPEND
SPEND
COSTS ARE FUNDED
PER $100
34%
66%
41%
59%
$1,165m
$1,485m
4
$554m
$2,746m
6
Other, including fees 
Rates
Other, including fees 
Rates
and charges
and charges
What we do:
What we do:
Planning and delivering the development of Auckland city centre and town centres across the isthmus 
Auckland Unlimited supports the economic and cultural development of Auckland by making it an 
is the focus of this activity. Panuku Development Auckland is our key delivery agency but we also work 
attractive place to visit and do business. They are responsible for the management of our major regional 
with in partnership with central government agencies and private developers.
facilities such as the zoo, art gallery, sports stadiums and the Aotea Centre. They also support the 
visitor economy through major events and, working in partnership, the wider economy through business 
attraction, skills development and job creation.
The challenges:
Our plan:
•   Growth – Auckland’s population continues 
•  Focus areas for growth – we have prioritised a 
The challenges:
Our plan:
to grow rapidly. The demand for new 
few key locations to focus our limited resources:
infrastructure is rising while there is a growing 
•   Growth – COVID-19 has led to considerable job 
•  Focus areas for growth – in addition to council’s 
-  Auckland Housing Programme &Tamaki (joint 
need to look after our existing roads, water 
loss and displacement of workers and already 
$31.8 billion capital programme, which will stimulate 
priority areas agreed with government)
pipes, public transport, parks and community 
disadvantaged groups are disproportionately 
the economy and create jobs, Auckland Unlimited 
facilities. In this 10-year Budget there is not 
-  North West (growth around Red Hills, Whenuapai 
impacted. Many businesses are struggling 
will continue its activities in stimulating the visitor 
enough investment capacity to support all of 
and completion of the Westgate business and 
from the disruptive impacts of the pandemic, 
economy with major events such as the FIFA 
the potential growth areas.
residential land)
including border closures and the loss of 
Womens World Cup. Work will also continue at 
revenue.
the local level to build business confidence and 
•  Climate change – transport contributes 43.6 
-  Drury (a new community – centres and residential 
opportunities and skills development
per cent of Auckland’s production emissions 
close to employment opportunities and rail)
•  Ageing infrastructure - A key issue in the 10-
and travelling around the region for work and 
-  CRL Stations (Mt Eden and Karangahape)
year budget has been the level of investment 
•  Additional investment in renewals – an additional 
recreation are significant contributors to this.
required to maintain our regional facilities. 
$182 million of renewal funding has been provided to 
•  Compact city – the Development Strategy 
Previous under investment has meant that 
ensure the ongoing viability of key regional facilities.
and Auckland Unitary Plan encourages a more 
without an injection of additional funding 
compact city which in turn reduces the need to 
many of these facilities could face closure due 
travel. We also ensure that provision for walking 
to health and safety concerns.
and cycling is incorporated in our planning.
•  Queen Street valley – our climate change 
action package provides funding for progressing 
Accommodation Provider Targeted Rate:
towards creating a zero-carbon zone in the Queen 
The Accommodation Provider Targeted Rate (APTR) recovers a proportion of visitor attraction and major 
Street valley.
events spending from owners of properties such as motels, hotels and Airbnb properties. In the Emergency 
Budget 2020/2021, we decided, in light of the impact of COVID-19, to reduce our spending on visitor 
City Centre Targeted Rate:
attraction and major events and suspend the APTR until 31 March 2021. That suspension of the targeted 
rate and reduction in expenditure has been extended to 30 June 2022, and will be further considered in the 
The City Centre Targeted Rate has been extended to 2031 which will 
Annual Budget 2022-2023.
provide an extra $157.7 million to redevelop and enhance the city centre.
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SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.3 OUR PLAN
Environmental management and regulation
Council Support
KEY AREAS OF SPEND
CAPITAL 
OPERATING 
HOW OPERATING 
RATES VALUE 
OPERATING 
HOW OPERATING 
RATES VALUE 
SPEND
SPEND
COSTS ARE FUNDED
PER $100
KEY AREAS OF SPEND
CAPITAL 
SPEND
SPEND
COSTS ARE FUNDED
PER $100
52%
48%
67%
33%
$177m
$5,425m
10
$1,567m
$5,866m

Other, including fees 
Rates
Other, including fees 
Rates
and charges
and charges
What we do:
What we do:
We seek to manage the impacts of human activity on both the natural and urban environments. Our 
A range of other council activities are covered in this area – Mayor, councillor and local board support, 
regulatory division consents land development and building activities and monitors compliance 
corporate functions and Auckland Emergency Management. It also includes the operations of the Ports 
with those consents. They also protect the community from health, safety and nuisance hazards. 
of Auckland Limited and grants to third parties including Auckland War Memorial Museum, MOTAT and 
Environmental services work with the community and a range of agencies to protect and restore the 
the Auckland Regional Facilities and Amenities.
natural environment. The waste service operates in both the removal and safe disposal of waste as well 
as continuing to focus on reducing waste to landfill through reduction, reuse and recycling.
The challenges:
Our plan:
•  Managing costs – the escalating costs of a 
•  Ongoing review of services, assets and efficiency 
The challenges:
Our plan:
growing Auckland along with reduced revenue 
– Organisational efficiency and cost savings have 
•  A degrading natural environment – our 
•  Investing more in environmental protection – 
as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have 
been a focus for many years and this 10-year budget 
rapid growth is putting pressure on our 
additional investment in environmental protection 
resulted in further pressure to reduce costs.
has continued with a further $90 million per annum 
environment, along with the spread of pests, 
has been enabled by the extension of the Natural 
•  Climate change – the future impacts of 
of savings included. We are also recycling some of 
weeds and diseases threatening many of our 
Environment Targeted Rate. With this funding we 
climate change related weather events 
our assets to improve our ability to invest in new or 
native species. Approximately two-thirds of 
can double the number of threatened species we 
require the council to take a leadership role in 
upgraded infrastructure.
Auckland’s local native species are under 
are managing and actively manage pests across 72 
responding.
•  Enhancing Auckland’s readiness for natural 
threat of extinction.
per cent of the prioritised eco systems. Protection 
disasters – Auckland Emergency Management will 
•  Climate change – Further pressure will be 
from pests assists native species in resilience to 
continue to work with communities to increase their 
put on our indigenous species as the effects of 
climate change.
resilience to both natural disasters and the impacts 
climate change are increasingly felt.
•  Zero waste Auckland – during this ten-year 
of climate change.
period we will continue to roll out our food waste 
service and increase the network of community 
recycling centres. 
Recycling of assets:
In this 10-year budget we have included increased targets for asset recycling to assist the 
Natural Environment Targeted Rate:
funding of more critical assets. This means releasing value from surplus, non-strategic assets 
by selling or entering into long-term lease arrangements for these assets.
The Natural Environment Targeted Rate has funded work to address the spread of kauri 
dieback disease and tackle pests that are killing our native birds and trees. So far we have 
FINANCIAL YEAR 
opened 60 km of kauri-safe tracks, undertaken pest control on 88,000 ha of reserve and park 
ENDING 30 JUNE 
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
land and set more than 1,500 traps to eliminate stoats on Waiheke Island. We are extending 
($ MILLION)
the duration of the Natural Environment Target Rate from 2028 to 2031. This will provide an 
Net proceeds from 
additional $107 million allowing us to continue our work in this area.
asset recycling
70
70
70
70
70
60
20
0
0
0
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1.3 OUR PLAN
1.3.3 How we will manage 
Funding depreciation is another mechanism 
We consider the revenue settings required to 
which enables us to deliver the renewal part of 
achieve 100 per cent funding of depreciation by 
our finances
our capital programme. Fully funding 
2025 would have an unacceptable impact on 
depreciation from rates and current revenue 
the community. Given this, we have amended 
The capital programme in this 10-year budget 
and existing assets. Much of this spend is in key 
would mean that on average, over the long run, 
the policy to take three additional years before 
is the largest in the history of Auckland Council. 
infrastructure – transport and the three waters.
we are not relying on borrowing to fund asset 
we are fully funding depreciation (i.e. 2028).
It provides for $31.8 billion to be invested in new 
replacement expenditure. This represents a 
The planned level of capital investment will 
sustainable approach. 
drive continued growth in our operating 
The legacy councils only funded 63 per cent 
expenditure from $4.7 billion in 2021/2022 
of depreciation and our previous policy was to 
to $6.5 billion in 2030/2031. This includes the 
Capital investment for Auckland
progressively move to 100 per cent by 2025. 
interest and ownership cost of new assets. The 
4,000
The impacts of COVID-19 disruption on our 
following charts show the make up of this spend 
3,500
revenue streams for the first three years of 
over the next 10 years and the forecast growth 
3,000
this 10-year Budget have caused us to revisit 
in the revenue streams that fund this spend. 
2,500
our existing policy for funding depreciation. 
2,000
$ million 1,500
1,000
500
Operating expenditure by type
0
7,000
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30
2030/31
Annual
6,000
10-year Budget
Plan
Other council assets
Water infrastructure
Transport infrastructure
5,000
4,000
3,000
$ million
Debt is a primary source of funding for our 
270 per cent. Impacts of COVID-19 disruption on 
2,000
capital programme. Debt spreads the cost of 
our revenue streams have a dual impact on our 
assets that have long lives over the generations 
debt-to-revenue measure, both directly through 
1,000
that will benefit from those assets. Managing 
less cash in the door, and through the impact 
0
the level of our debt is a key consideration and 
on our debt levels. In the face of these revenue 
2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31
Annual
10-year Budget
to do this we use a “debt to revenue” ratio to 
impacts, we have decided that it is prudent to 
Plan
assess how much we can responsibly borrow. 
be above 270 per cent but below 290 per cent 
Core direct expenditure
Interest
Depreciation
The limit we have set for this ratio is 290 per 
in the short term. 
cent, but with a long-term target of being below 
Council's sources of operating funding
Debt to revenue ratio
8,000
300%
7,000
 
290%
6,000
280%
5,000
270%
4,000
260%
3,000
2,000
250%
1,000
240%
0
230%
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
2025/26
2026/27
2027/28
2028/29
2029/30
2030/31
2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31
Annual
10-year Budget
Plan
Debt limit
Long-term target
10-year Budget Projection
General rates
Targeted rates
Other revenue
Government subsidies
Fees and charges
Regional fuel tax
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SECTION ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OUR RECOVERY BUDGET 
1.4 YOUR RATES
Rates (both general and targeted) will continue 
for properties moving from rural to urban to 
to be a significant revenue stream and in this 
be phased in over 3 years
10-year Budget we had to grapple with keeping 
•  Suspending the Accommodation Provider 
Ō reiti
Auckland moving forward while balancing 
Targeted Rate until 30 June 2022 and 
the overall impact of rates on the community. 
making a commensurate reduction in visitor 
This was made difficult by the impact that the 
1.4 Your rates
attraction and major events expenditure
Covid-19 pandemic had on our other revenue 
•  Introducing an Electricity Network Resilience 
streams. To manage this, we decided to increase 
Targeted Rate - a targeted rate of $10.5 
Your rates pay for a wide range of day-to-day 
general rates by an average of 5 percent as a 
million per year (plus annual inflation) on 
one-off in 2021/22 and then return to 3.5 per 
activities and support investment in 
Vector to fund enhanced management of 
cent thereafter.
trees around the Vector overhead power 
Auckland’s assets.
We also made changes to our rating policy in 
lines improving safety around power lines 
areas such as:
and the security of supply.
•  expanding the urban rating area (the area 
Full detail on rating changes can be found in 
that pays urban rather than rural rates) to 
Volume 2 Section 3.0 Policy Overview.
reflect city growth with the change in rates 
1.3.4 An uncertain future
This 10-year Budget has been prepared in a 
Our debt is towards the upper level of what 
period of high uncertainty. It is based on the 
we consider prudent, and while we have left 
best information and assumptions we had 
some headroom for any future shock, this is 
available at the time. However, given this 
something we need to very conscious of. We 
uncertainty it is important that we continue to 
continue to work with central government to 
closely monitor the wider environment and our 
find ways to increase and accelerate investment 
own financial settings.
in crucial infrastructure for the city that are not 
One of the highest uncertainties is the ongoing 
constrained by our borrowing limits.
COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our 
Unlike many councils, a significant proportion of 
revenues. How the economy responds and the 
our revenue is not from rates (approximately 60 
potential impact on inflation and interest rates 
per cent). However, there is little opportunity to 
all contribute to this uncertainty.
grow that revenue, which means any increases 
Other potential major impacts will come from 
in costs are likely to fall to ratepayers. The 
the government’s programmes of reforms 
major investment in assets has ongoing cost 
in the areas of the three waters (drinking 
associated with both servicing and maintaining 
water, wastewater and stormwater), urban 
the debt and operating those assets. Cost 
development, resource management and the 
saving programmes have meant that we have 
general review of the future of local government. 
managed to keep rate increases at relatively 
The government also plays a significant part in 
low levels, however moving forward, this 
funding support for our investment programme 
will become more difficult and some more 
in Transport. Any change in the future to this 
challenging trade-off discussions may become 
level of funding could result in us having to 
necessary.
revisit our capital programme. 
Any significant changes in the future to the 
In addition to these uncertainties in the wider 
way we operate, the services we provide or our 
landscape, we need to carefully manage 
financial settings, will be the subject of public 
our financial parameters. Both our debt and 
consultation.
revenue settings are finely balanced. 
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1.4 YOUR RATES
The 10-year Budget 2018-2028 included average 
rates (see Section 3.0 of Volume 2 for  
The following graphic sets out the overall rates increase for residential and business ratepayers 
general rates increases for existing ratepayers 
more detail).
for a range of property values. To find out what your rates are for 2021/2022 please visit 
of 3.5 per cent in each year from 2021. For 
We consider that business rates are too high 
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/recoverybudgetrates
2021/2022, there will be a one-off increase 
compared to residential rates and we have 
of 5 per cent to help support the investment 
an existing policy to address this. This policy 
Auckland needs. This is planned to reduce to 
Estimated increases for residential ratepayers 2021/2022
will mean the average increase in rates for 
3.5 per cent from 2022/2023 onwards.
residential ratepayers will be slightly higher 
To ensure cost recovery of our waste activity 
at 5.33 per cent, and the average increase in 
there will also be a small increase to the base 
rates for business ratepayers will be slightly 
waste management rate.
lower at 3.53 per cent. The overall increases 
$
$140
$150
$198
$256
$373
$111
127
We are also increasing our investment in 
for the average value residential and business 
improving the quality of water in Auckland 
properties are $150 and $587 respectively.
harbours and waterways by raising the Water 
The makeup of these increases is shown in the 
Quality Targeted Rate each year in line with the 
following table:
CV: $750k $890k $1m $1.0835m $1.5m $2m $3m 
projected overall increases in average general 
  +5.2% +5.3%  +5.33% 
+5.33% 
+5.4% 
+5.5% 
+5.5%
 
 
(Median CV) 
 
(Average CV)  
 
 
RESIDENTIAL 
BUSINESS 
$
$
Average CV
1,083,500
2,864,500
Estimated increases for business ratepayers 2021/2022
Total rates 2020/2021
2,810
16,598
General rates increase
144.83
569.61
$
$
1,006
WQTR
3.29
15.30
587
$220
$318
$417
NETR
0.00
0.00
$
$
191
122
Base waste increase
1.67
1.67
Total rates 2021/2022
2,960
17,184
$Annual change
150
587
CV: $500K  $850K 
$1M 
$1.5M 
$2M 
$2.8645M 
$5M 
$Weekly change
2.88
11.28
  +3.61% +3.56%  +3.57% 
+3.55% 
+3.54% 
+3.53% 
+3.53%
 
 
(Median CV) 
 
 
 
(Average CV)
Annual change per cent
5.33%
3.53%
Supporting notes:
Supporting notes: 
1.   The rates shown above do not include water charges which are set by Watercare. To support a significant increase 
1.  To recover the cost increases as a result of the rise in the Government levy on waste sent to landfill we are increasing 
in capital investment over the next 10-years, Watercare’s board of directors have resolved to increase water and 
the waste management standard refuse and large refuse rates that fund kerbside refuse collection in the former 
wastewater tariffs by 7 per cent on 1 July 2021 and 1 July 2022, followed by annual increases of 9.5 per cent for six 
Auckland City Council and Manukau City Council areas. The prices for rubbish bin tags and rubbish bags for the 
years and then increases of 3.5 per cent for the last two years of this plan.
council’s kerbside collection in the remainder of the city will rise by an equivalent amount.
2.  The rates calculated above include general rates, the Water Quality Targeted Rate, the Natural Environment  
2.  Watercare is also raising its prices to fund investment in enhancing water supply security. You can see more 
Targeted Rate, and the Waste Management Base Service Rate that nearly all properties pay. A number of other 
information on the Watercare website www.watercare.co.nz
changes have been made to our rates and may affect individual properties (see Volume 2 Section 3.0 Policy  
Overview for more detail).
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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .1 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
2.1 Financial overview 
Wāhanga tuarua: 
Introduction 
Ō mātou tahua pūtea
This section provides a high-level overview of our key financial information and 
Section two: 
explains how we fund our activities. The detail of how we fund our activities is set 
out in our prospective funding impact statement found in Section 2.2 of this volume. 
Our finances
This should also be read in conjunction with the prospective financial statements 
in Section 2.3.
Key proposed financial parameters for 2021-2031
$MILLION
2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31 TOTAL
Total capital 
investment
2,871
2,942
2,977
2,936
3,142
3,435
3,340
3,362
3,314
3,486
31,806
Total operating 
expenditure
4,673
4,808
5,008
5,269
5,465
5,685
5,899
6,121
6,301
6,511
55,741
Average general 
rates increase
5.00% 3.50% 3.50% 3.50% 3.50% 3.50% 3.50% 3.50% 3.50% 3.50%
 
Rates revenue
2,122
2,253
2,385
2,479
2,605
2,737
2,877
3,023
3,177
3,334
26,991
Total operating 
funding sources
4,498
4,798
5,125
5,385
5,672
5,970
6,291
6,619
6,873
7,160 58,390 
Total assets
61,067 63,891 67,467 70,381 73,967 77,970 80,322 84,419 89,363 91,595
 
Total borrowing
11,745 12,783 13,340 13,828 14,292 14,966 15,518 15,945
16,179 16,343
 
Total equity
43,883 45,651 48,188 50,435 53,324 56,094 57,737
61,181 65,209 66,989
 
Debt to revenue ratio* 272%
277%
269%
262%
260%
258%
253%
247%
241%
236%
 
*This is calculated using adjusted revenue and adjusted debt figures using the Standard and Poors methodology
Capital investment and debt levels
Capital expenditure is for purchasing, building, replacing or developing the city’s assets (for example 
roads, libraries, parks and sports fields).
Over the next 10-years, our total capital expenditure programme is planned to be $30.5 billion, in 
addition we plan to invest $1.3 billion in City Rail Link Limited. The total capital investment for Auckland 
over 2021-2031 is projected to be $31.8 billion. 
DELIVERED BY:
$ BILLION
Auckland Council
7.4
Auckland Transport
11.4
Watercare
9.7
Auckland Unlimited
0.5
Ports of Auckland Limited
0.7
Eke Panuku Development Auckland
0.8
 
Total capital expenditure
30.5
Investment in City Rail Link Limited
1.3
Total capital investment
31.8
 
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2 .1 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
The following table shows how we plan to fund our capital expenditure and other capital outflows in 
In the middle and outer years of the plan, our debt to revenue ratio is projected to move downwards as 
2021-2031. 
we recover from COVID-19 revenue impacts and move towards fully-funding depreciation. These factors 
Capital expenditure and 
result in higher revenue figures and lower debt figures leading to the ratio dropping over time.
10-year 
other outflows
Funding sources
 10-year 
Budget 
Budget 
$ BILLION
2021-2031
$ BILLION
2021-2031
Operating expenditure and revenue sources
Growth
8.9
Capital subsidies
6.0
It is forecast that the Auckland Council group will spend $55.7 billion in operating expenditure over the 
Service level improvement
9.2
Development contributions
2.7
next 10 years. This covers the council’s day-to-day operations and services, from collecting rubbish to 
maintaining parks and issuing building consents. It includes costs related to the capital expenditure 
Renewals
12.4
Asset sales
0.9
programme such as interest, maintenance and depreciation (a non-cash cost). 
Investment in City Rail Link Limited
1.3
Operating cash surplus
16.3
Capital investment:
$31.8
Borrowings
5.5
The $58.4 billion of operating revenue sources covers $42.1 billion of cash operating expenditure, 
Total
31.4
leaving a surplus of $16.3 billion to fund capital expenditure.
Weathertightness claims
0.2
Operating expenditure
10-year 
Funding sources
 10-year 
Other
-0.6
Budget 
Budget 
$ BILLION
2021-2031
 
$ BILLION
2021-2031
Total
31.4
Staff
11.2
Rates
27.0
The continued investment in Auckland will see us increasing council debt from $11 billion to $16 billion.
Interest
5.4
Fees and user charges
21.1
Our Financial Strategy sets a limit on the council’s borrowing, to maintain debt at a prudent and 
Other
25.5
Subsidies and grants
4.1
sustainable level. Previously, this limit was set to 270 per cent of revenue.
Sub-total
42.1
Other
6.2
The primary financial impact for council of the COVID-19 pandemic is a projected revenue shortfall  
Depreciation and amortisation
13.6
 
 
of around $750 million over four years compared with updated projections pre-COVID-19. This has 
Total
55.7
Total
58.4
a direct impact on our debt to revenue ratio through lower revenue and an indirect impact through 
increased borrowing to cover the shortfall. To attempt to maintain a ratio below 270 per cent for 
Balanced budget and funded depreciation
all years of the plan would require cuts to services and investment that we think would have an 
unacceptable impact on the community.
The Local Government Act 2002 requires that each local authority ensures that each year’s projected 
operating revenues are set at a level sufficient to meet that year’s projected operating expenses. 
We consider that, after working with our credit agencies, we can prudently raise our debt to revenue 
Additionally, however, it provides that a local authority may set projected operating revenues at a 
ratio limit to 290 per cent for the next ten years. However, we need to keep a careful eye on our interest 
different level if it resolves that it is financially prudent to do so.
cost levels, annual cashflow position and the degree of flexibility in our capital programme.
Our approach to the balance budget requirement is set out in our Financial Strategy found in Section 1.2 
 
Debt to revenue ratio
of Volume 2. 
As shown in Section 3.3 in Volume 2 of this 10-year Budget, we plan to balance our budget under this 
300%
measure for each year of the plan.
290%
We are also moving towards a long-term policy of fully funding depreciation. Fully funding depreciation 
280%
from rates and current revenue would mean that on average we are not relying on borrowing to 
270%
fund asset replacement expenditure over the long run. This represents a sustainable approach, as it 
260%
ensures that operating expenditure is covered by operating revenues and borrowing is only used to 
250%
finance investment that will deliver enduring benefits. The legacy councils only funded 63 per cent of 
240%
depreciation and our previous policy was to progressively move to 100 per cent by 2025.
230%
The impacts of COVID-19 disruption on our revenue streams for the first three years of this 10-year 
2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31
Budget have caused us to revisit our existing policy for funding depreciation. Given the projected short-
term nature of this revenue shock and our intention to maintain existing key service levels through 
Debt limit
Long-term target
10-year Budget Projection
this period, we consider that this is a prudent and sustainable approach. Given this, we have amended 
To help mitigate the impact on debt, the council considered its asset portfolio. Asset recycling was 
the Revenue and Financing Policy (refer to Section 3.1 of Volume 2) to reflect that it will take three 
a key lever as changing asset ownership has minimal impact on jobs and employment compared to 
additional years before we are fully funding depreciation (i.e. 2028).
spending reductions. 
We plan to increase our asset recycling target over the next 3 years from $20 million to $70 million each 
year, while also rephasing some of the 2020/2021 asset recycling target into the middle years of this 
plan. This is on top of other asset sales programmes across the group including those undertaken by 
Eke Panuku’s Transform and Unlock programme and Corporate Property’s optimisation strategy. 
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .2 PROSPECTIVE FUNDING IMPACT STATEMENTS
7
2
0
2
7
0
0
0
 
,921
,916
,339
,109
,140
,818
,492
,720
P /31
,04
,740
,89
,927
7,813
 
,940
,358
,667
76,210
9,54
7,662
7,80
P /31
6,999
2,443)
,740)
LT 30
318
416
607
58
586
272
164
64
88
LT 30
864
(5
20
3,015
2,725
7,15
4,220
4,80
2,351
1,0
1,04
20
1,573
3,440
,351
(2

14
0
0
0
53
21
0
 
,798
,511
0
,118
,120
,291
P /30
,704
,082
,900
,554
,672
,337
,436
,907
,993
,456
9,4
 
,337
,793
P /30
8,291
20,4
,337)
LT
311
417
72
598,
43
0
4,091
597
607
273
233
LT
927
342
2029
2,864
2,608
6,873,009
4,688
2,184
1,158
1,0
2029
1,377
3,
,184
(2

4
0
0
0
1
59
0
 
,126
,12
,132
,191
74
P /29
,494
,862
,927
,665
,829
,020
,645
,395
6,115
,933
,800
,243
 
,538
70,
P /29
2,0
9,138
,588)
9,888
,645)
LT
303
415
72
607
598
15
604
27
426
LT
889
0
(1
2028
2,720
2,499
6,618
3,973
1,0
4,572
2,046
1,323
2028
1,4
3,36
,046
(2

8
0
7
0
0
7
0
 
,106
,773
P /28
,533
,685
,050
,092
,089
6,759
,20
,598
,704
,390
,837
,39
,39
,907
 
,855
,918
,901
37
P /28
9,961
LT
41,260
295
411
73
59
591
650
277
551
968
LT
2027
2,581
2,333
6,291
3,826
4,417
1,873,504
1,517
2027
1,006
1,363
3,390
,873,504)
(1

1
73
0
79
0
7
0
0
0
0
 
,142
,931
,801
,015
,161
P /27
9,14
,84
 
9,666
,589
,958
,250
6,436
,230
,886
P /27
,899
9,192)
7,125
,230)
LT
47,4
289
407
70,0
57
567
667
277
673
84
03,895
935,242
LT
10
(5
2026
2,4
2,175,9
1,017
1,483
5,96
3,718
4,28
1,683
1,7
2026
3,38
,683
(1

9
8
0
7
7
0
0
93
0
 
,521
,371
,173
,15
,916
,771
,521
P /26
,768
,996
,46
,29
,999
,04
,249
,948
,230
 
,867
66
4,048
8,251
P /26
9,4
,840)
8,251)
LT
285
404
558
539
634
280
464
102
82,270
908
LT
909
tement
2025
2,318
2,038
5,672
3,62
4,164
1,50
1,4
2025
1,323
(160
2,990
,50
(1

4
12
8
2
76
0
0
0
4
0
 
,72
,515
498
,711
,601
,61
411
P
,463
,899
,30
,810
7,183
,785
,705
 
,537
,321)
4/25
7,295
0,4
12,52
3,9
4,922
P
68,
,810)
LT
281
388
90
61
621
4/25
555
52
34,876
036,
27
48
135
831
LT
910
1,111
(20
202
2,19
1,
5,385
3,5
1,519
4,
1,348
202
2,8
,348
(1

ct Sta
52
0
3
0
0
74
0
 
,551
,291
,151
P /24
,236
,834
5,8
4,915
,367
,238
,605
4,310
,52
9,339
,546
,666
4,629
 
P /24

,038
,508
14,115
6,094
,384
LT
302
382
50
52
510
4,310)
64
268
557
173
49,0
72
LT
17
2023
2,082
1,781
5,12
3,340
3,850
1,27
1,6
2023
1,007
1,001
2,923
,27
(1

74
0
0
0
5
7
7
0
  23
,160
,944
,250
,827
,209
,484
,8
,022
842
,864
,010
247
,251
,939
,238
,67
42
  23
,85
,034
,048
,319
,685
,010)
LTP
29
280
402
510
476,
529,
265
106
724,
LTP
894
867
108
440
2022/
1,972
1,602
4,797
3,225
3,701
1,096
1,037
1,938
2022/
3,034
,096
(1

0
0
0
0
  22
,537
,885
,773
,912
5,721
,371
,558
,758
,123
557
8,316
,637
,283
 
9,883
8,911
22
,850
,435
,006
LTP
253
405
496
445
24,
9,883)
88
474,305
247,898
910
132
67
LTP
798
903
249,253
2021/
1,868
1,467
4,498,199
3,162
3,60
1,765
2021/
2,655
(88
 
 
unding Impa
32
78
0
2
0
0
0
lan
,109
,626
,125
,619
,638
,013
lan
,121
,010
,791
/21
4,0
,294
9,0
,986
,043
,66
,463
,698
,694
,043
/21
,654
,506
91
,463)
237
411
451
136
390
747,930
497
291
1,74
1,218
435
453
909
926
4,056
3,391
664
e F
2020
2,940
1,890
2020
2,554
(664
Annual P
Annual P
d
 
e
oses
ur
olidate
endit
ectiv
xp
estments
enalties
ations
erating purp
ating funding
vice
ves
oup cons
apital e
om inv
er
ating funding
estments
osp
er
eser
apital funding
ating funding:
apital funding
er
el of ser
apital funding
apital funding
e:
ating funding:
GCs, rates p
om sale of assets
A
eceipts
apital funding:
ur
er
ease) in debt
d c
ease) in r
ease) in inv
ations of op
apital funding:
s of c
xisting assets
ations of c
ear ending 30 June
cr
ating funding
eds fr
ate
cr
cr
ce
endit
ear ending 30 June
erating funding applic
lic
dic
xp
lic
s of op
d rates
er
oce
ove the lev
ations of op
s of c
ation of c
et additional demand
2.2 Pr
ce
est and dividends fr
lic
lus (deficit) of op
ce
elopment and financial contributions
ease (de
lic
eplace e
ease (de
ease (de
lus (deficit) of c
uckland Council gr
es and other r
yment to staff and suppliers
ther op
oss pr
ther de
A
$000
Financial y
Sour
General rates, U
Targete
Subsidies and grants for op
Fees and charges
Inter
Local authorities fuel tax, fines, infringement fe
Total op
App
Pa
Finance costs
O
Total app
Surp
Sour
Subsidies and grants for c
Dev
Incr
Gr
Lump sum contributions
O
Total sour
App
Capital e
- to me
$000
Financial y
- to impr
- to r
Incr
Incr
Total app
Surp
Funding balance
35   |   TE TAHUA PŪTEA TAU 2021-2031
36

AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
7
8
7
0
 
0
0
0
0
0
 
69
98
49
94
0
0
0
P /31
,970
,338
,734
,89
1,170
,660
,180
,721
,246
,8
,166
 
P /31

,109)
,65
LT 30
8,954
190
LT 30
87,057
20
272
67
495,52
587
(13
206
3,333
2,725
1,003
8,511
1,246
1,703,4
2,783
6,511,4
20
2,000
1,9
1,780,4
1,780,4
1,780,4
3
 
 
14
67
98
98
37
52
52
P /30
,167
 
,181
4,201
,435
,584
,665
1,134
,918
,70
,775
,061
,0
P /30
,109)
,928
0
,721)
,233
LT
6,498
3,876
6,902
187
89,4
LT
2029
273
491
597
20
3,17
(13
2,608,5
1,02
666
1,213
1,612
2029
1,724,0
(472
8,242,0
2,6
6,301
1,941
1,927
1,724,
2,77
2,304
4,028
9
 
0
7
 
81
90
87
P /29
,865
,133
,889
,114
,251
,031
 
,211
7,930
1,0
,600
,295
,286
,283
,454
,56
P /29
,109)
,398
,68
LT
276
6,498
184
LT
9,922
53,524
53,524
2028
67
48
598
(13
196
3,022
2,499
1,019
2028
7,983
1,183
1,548
2,606
6,120
1,863
1,84
1,6
1,6
1,790,6
1,790
3,444
7
0
 
0
 
39
36
33
91
P /28
,110
,093
,836
,361
,515
1,371
,15
224
 
1,0
,761
2,217
,439
,07
P /28
,109)
582
,662
,920
,920
,413
,413
LT
61,4
81,0
183
91,
LT
23
23
2,333
2027
168
2,876
277
664
484
1,15
591
(13
2,333
1,0
7,699
1,4
2,4
2027
5,899
1,800,6
1,787,
1,618
1,618
1,64
4
7
0
4
7
4
 
0
 
 
00
45
5)
P /27
,67
,121
 
5,731
,88
,77
,738
976
,12
14
1,4
,207
,79
,007
,977
P /27
,167)
,397
,926
,27
,651
0,231
LT
3,842
2,58
2,580
179
LT
2026
277
643
479
(13
149
2,734
2,175,9
1,07
7,390
1,125
1,398
2,41
568
2026
1,227
5,684
1,705,
1,691,977
1,54
1,54
1,543
(316
2,77
0
1
78
8
4)
 
0
 
920
84
70
70
P /26
,081
,37
,249
,217
1,561
,416
,750
,64
 
6,601
,694
,522
,20
208
P /26
,22
,065
,919
,919
,389
LT
38,6
619
17
LT
7,9
131
42,4
42,4
2025
280
475,340
540
591,
(13
2,602
1,101
2,038
1,0
7,056
1,300
2,345
1,446
5,465
1,
2025
1,57
1,446
1,4
1,4
2,889
12
1
1
2
2
 
2
0
 
87
25
P
776
,195
650
 
4/25
,226
,853
,032
1,808
,900
,955
,534
P 4/25
,54
,090
,45
,45
,920
,920
,372
LT
4,922
9,366
,992)
611
LT
110
202
27
462
175,8
524,
(11
899
2,475,
1,900,4
1,010
899
6,737
1,084
1,232
2,251,74
202
5,26
1,468
1,456
1,346
1,346
2,246
e
2
3
 
1
7
 
91
 
ur
P /24
,967
,236
,545
,093
,917
820
150
,822
,803
,906
,64
,120
/24
,146
,86
,815
31,4
2,081
8,29
P
,763)
3,948
,948
,654)
tements
LT
511
86,857
LT
102
2023
268
571
458
172
(10
76,094
2,380
1,781
1,0
6,495,
1,062
1,156
2,104
5,00
1,4
2023
1,455,52
1,4
1,37
1,373
(292
1,162
2,536
endit
5
2
9
9
5
2
 
0
0
0
xp
  23
,825
,498
,25
,985
,660
74
,918
,329
,44
,101
,594
,973
,446
,472
  23
,477)
,99
,05
,943
,943
,37
,37
,313
LTP
2,424
166
LTP
82
2022/
931
265
533
453
477
(10
630
630
2,248,52
1,602
6,038
1,038
1,105
1,137
2,020
2022/
1,137
1,768
4,808
1,230
1,219
8
8
 
0
4
 
16
22
,084
,911
,07
897
,267
673
  22
9,821
,53
,277
,891
,8
7,437
,884
,211)
,443
,868
,868
,526
,526
,39
LTP
2,807
0,463
70
LTP
65,575
2021/
1,467
880
247,
496
44
17
44
989,654
2021/
(10
913
913
199
199
1,113
evenue and e
2,117
5,662
1,021
1,062
1,9
979
4,672
e r
 
 
 
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
lan
lan
/21
,293
,627
,747
,698
,564
,921
2,152
,868
,546
,289
,640
,533
,380
,388
/21
,223
,458
,458
,661
,061)
,600
76
4,866
3,48
5,201
8,681
31
4,058
864
136
409
158
577
577
2020
1,9
1,218
435
958
1,051
1,822
454
60
2020
60
2,672
(326
2,92
Annual P
5,048
4,445
Annual P
2,346
e financial sta
ehensiv  
 
 
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ains
 
ur
e g
le to:
olidate
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endit
endit
xp
, plant and
ectiv
efor
xp
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/ (e
ttributab
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, plant and
evenue
/(e
ed using effe
op
e income tax
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e r
tement of compr oup cons
evenue
op
evenue
osp
enses
/(deficit) b
efor
e r
enue
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xp
e
fter income tax
ehensiv
e sta
d
ev
ur
lus
ense
uckland Council
enue measur
e
enefits
es
xp
ehensiv
evaluation of pr
ehensiv
endit
s
ur
ectiv
enue
ev
ur
erating e
fter income tax is a
ev
xp
/(deficit) b
/(deficit) a
evaluation of pr
d assets
evenue
yee b
ent
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est metho
eciation and amortisation
ating surp
lus
2.3 Pr
e of surplus/(deficit) in asso
osp
t 30 June
elopment and financial contributions
endit
er
t 30 June
lus
lus a
evenue
ther r
ther finance r
ther op
Pr uckland Council gr
ther compr
A  
$000
As a
R
Rates
Fees and user charges
Grants and subsidies
Dev
O
Veste
Finance r inter
O
Total r
Exp
Emplo
Depr
Grants, contributions and sp
O
Finance costs
Total e
 
Op and losse
$000
As a
Shar joint v
Surp
Income tax e
Surp
 
Surp
Ratepa
O
Net gain on r equipment
Tax on r equipment
Total other compr
Total compr
37   |   TE TAHUA PŪTEA TAU 2021-2031
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
0
3
17
7
2
 
,517
,115
,632
,621
,103
,431
270
 
,743
,794
,831
,233
,851
,513
,372
,156
P /31
,000
,632
,760
,25
,982
,365
3,000
,000
72
3,000
,000
2,068
,000
,000
,000
,000
18,
P /31
68,4
6,251
9,68
2,216
LT 30
67
36
100
789
88
429
33
1,148
603
LT 30
158
319
163
,15
,84
,415
20
1,055
1,055
1,943
,35
1,977
,539
,594,885
20
1,4
1,748,87
3,445
1,683
4,392
,989
,732
21
,989,372
84
90
91
14,594
21
24,605
66
26
18
66
1
0
83
29
 
,70
,722
,822
,516
,513
 
,633
,273
,139
,128
,193
,102
,972
P /30
,000
,399
,822
,829
,230
,543
3,000
,000
,429
,000
,984
,000
,840
,098
,202
,000
,646
,000
,000
70
3,000
64
17
1,38
P /30
9,0
38
6,089
7,345
15,4
8,972
LT
100
762
88
65
429
,104
1,117
0
33
603
,27
LT
154
1,731
296
168
,788
,208
,732
,061
2029
1,091
1,091
1,939
4,186
,20
82
1,994
1,4
3,366
1,683
88
2029
89,363
14,44
20
24,154
65
26
17
21,4
65
0
0
5
7
38
5
2
49
4
94
35
97
97
 
,17
,17
 
,731
24
,733
P /29
,000
,995
,39
,629
,926
,693
,759
,465
,755
,739
,242
3,000
,000
,480
,48
,000
,000
,984
,000
,000
,06
,000
69,315
3,000
63
51,6
15
6,01
P /29
6,
5,9
5,306
9,5
0,739
LT
12,2
19,4
39
100
736
88
43
0
111,4
429
33
603
0
LT
150
296
17
,238
,180
,337
,18
2028
1,043
,264
,37
1,043
1,936
1,0
1,70
,909
,732
19,
77
2,
1,399
1,683
83
2028
3,5
84,4
3,329
14,238
19
23
61
26
15
61
96
4
8
90
 
,581
 
,772
557
,199
,139
,162
P /28
,000
,328
,956
,802
,658
,75
,667
,435
,366
3,000
,000
3,000
,086
,264
,528
5,086
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1,289
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69,407
70,381
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5,331
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27,547
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823
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21
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1,683
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12
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9,594
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ent liabilitie
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estment pr
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39   |   TE TAHUA PŪTEA TAU 2021-2031
40

AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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41   |   TE TAHUA PŪTEA TAU 2021-2031
42

AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
 


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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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as is
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Rates ar Rates comprise general and targete
Rates r
Grants and subsidies ar and subsidies ar at fair value as grants and subsidies r amount is r
Dev as stormwater contribution in accordance with milestones set out in the gr ser
Veste asset r
Finance r effe
Dividend r
W W includes estimate the dail recognise
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Building consents pr envir
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Infrastruct
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ep
vice p
d PBE FRS 48 in the pr
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ehensiv
ges

ed in managing funding. Inter
oup and the council dir
ransfer r e r
ods
ur
etionar
w and amende
enue
e for r
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ant a
 
discr
 
ater and
erations
permits
rev
oup and the council r enue. T enue ar
evenue
Consents
y grants and subsidies ar
y incurr
s
evenue
W wastewater
d but not y
ctiv
ev ev
Sale of go
Licences and
evenue
owth charge
Infrastruct gr
ectl
inancial Instruments
inancial Instruments w
sed and consider
vice P
ction, measur
d assets
d. Non-
uckland Council Gr
e
es
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yee entitlements for salaries and wages, annual lea
tion of ne
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etionar
1 F
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ses
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oup has adopte
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p
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ants and
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licy
ther r
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V
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Dividend r
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y of signific
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ur
 
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he gr
 
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oup has as
oup financial statements.
ed in the s
osp
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PBE FRS 48 Ser
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2022
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Summar
Item
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Grants and subsidies
Finance Costs
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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 

   
ent

ve 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
y the
 
 
dge e 
 
es.
 
   
cial
 


ent
 
om

d or
ecognise
 
enue
edit
eceivable.
eign
ence
ease
ofits will b
yments
ev
oking
e than 12
d shar
ase, the curr
vailable
e applie
e r
 
ecognition.
es) is r
d for cr
ose for which
d commer
ed tax is the
. The leases ha
ash flow he
ant incr
ears. Pa
d with for
, any cumulativ
erty
d under curr
d life of a r
ward-lo
 
ehensiv
d at an
ovide
elate
0 y
d in c
-r
d in the computation of
op
ciate
urity is mor
.
d on the differ
chy:
, in which c
ecte
d and unliste
e pr
oup is the bid price at
ort
ds. Deferr
en to lesse
xp
e financial instruments
dges.
d loss rates ar
ough surplus or deficit in
een signific
quity
erio
oup and the council appl
easonable and a
ction rates, ageing of
e base
CLs ar
es giv
ent and for
y.
ecte
e of timing of the default (a
obable that taxable pr
d gains and losses that wer
e, discounte edit enhancements that ar
y the Gr
ends on the purp
y in e
esidential pr
dge accounting
ectl
ver the e d on r
e has b
CLs ar
ectiv
om 1 month to 7
verdraft classifie
y in the surplus or deficit.
ovision for impairment.
ct curr
ash flow he
y in other compr
ciate
ectl
eceiv
ent when the mat
esp
om CCOs and p
efle
oses. Derivativ
ectl
ect of prior p
ents o
d in c
diatel
ation dep
onding tax bases use
ying fr
CLs). E
ecognition, E
y or indir
cial and r
verdue. Exp
curr
ccurs.
e, irr
ed fr
e or dir
esp
d dir
d at fair value thr
esp
d, less pr
eceivables, the gr
d to r
, the asso
ects to r
ectl
y the balance date. Income tax is charge ur
ys o
d imme
xp
osur
eceiv
xtent that it is pr
arrie
xp
d b
eceivable, base
ed to fair value. Any gains or losses arising fr
es for which ther
ecognises these at fair value at initial r
endit
ecognise ecognition, amounts accumulate
e c
xp
yable in r
e data includes past colle
e adjuste
es designate
ets the criteria for he
ecognition of an asset or liability in a transaction that
enue (net of any incentiv
est metho
e r
y ar
edit losses (E
osur
d according to the following hierar
, either dir
ev
ecognise
xp
y enacte
d to the e
estments, net of bank o
ossible default ev
est rate swaps to mitigate risks asso
emeasur
d cr
d for financial assets held b
el
oximates their fair value.
edit losses for r
ver the lease term.
e inter
y r
 
ower notes, community loans and liste
 
e.
dges ar
ecast transaction o
ve is r
ecte
edit risk since initial r edit e
ategories. The classific
enue and e
orr
ctiv
om all p
xp
ev
eser
d tax losses.
ecognise
e. Rental r
ecognition of the r
d loss rates ar
quentl
om balance date or non-
e determine
e r
e r
om the initial r
y liquid inv
ying amount of the non-financial asset or liability
’s e oup and the council e

emaining life of the e
et price use
d into c
ecte
ortion of derivativ
dge no longer me
dge r
onds, b
om the sale of collateral held or other cr
-line basis o
esult fr
e inputs. Quantitativ
arr
ease in cr or those cr
e p
ash flow he
xcept for certain income r
e subse
d or substantiv
quity
ee months appr
x, b
, e
ehensiv
. Exp
d when the for
d mark
del. In assessing cr CLs r on initial r
e financial instruments for trading purp
ctiv
ver the r
ear
d as c
CL). F
ant incr
y in e
odwill or fr
-term highl
edit risk characteristics and the da
y in surplus or deficit. On der
d o
e classifie
d with the lesse
oup and the council.
ency contracts and inter
ash flow he
ort anne
ash flows fr
ectl
ences and unuse
een enacte
ed tax assets ar
d cost using the effe
ecognise
 
ed cr
ecte
d on a straight
ed into and ar
diatel
-month E xp
osition, fair values ar
et inputs for the asset or liability
ax Act 2007
d.
erience up
e and qualitativ
oup and the council ash flows that the gr
xp
d.
e or dir
y differ
edit loss mo
eign curr
ense
edit supp
d in other compr
d and qualifie
een a signific
ur
d within the y
ation of financial assets and liabilities and r elow:
d, plus any adjustments to income tax pa
urity is 12 months or less fr
orar
xp
urities less than thr
d cr
d on shar
xcept for the effe
d imme
e utilise
ecognition of go
y with the gr
et data.
d b
e e
es or is sold, or when a he
ct the gr
endit
erio
ences. Deferr
ecte
ward for
quity and is r
vable mark
an b
enewals negotiate
osits and other short
ed at amortise
eceivables. Lifetime E edit loss e
erience
xpir
e gain or loss in c
ed to the initial cost of the c
efle
edit losses e
ecognise xp
xp
d at fair value plus transaction costs unless the  
ent p
ed base xp
ecognise
e has not b
e not adjuste
esente
e r
oth quantitativ
y differ
al cr
e designate
ecognition of a non-financial asset or a non-financial liability
d parties, cr
xt 12 months (a 12
ect of temp
oup
e contract is enter
ash flows will include c
e pr
quent r
d for cr
vable mark
osits with mat
y measur
CLs) on r
d c
esp
orar
emains in e
elate
om the initial r
d on an e
al assets or liabilities. The quote
e and as liabilities when their fair value is negativ
ent when the mat
e transferr
ecognise
enue and e
om third parties in the normal course of business with lease terms var
demand dep
een gr
ortion is r
y r
e contracts.
e contracts r
ecte
ev
om the lessor) ar
es that ar
, the cumulativ
e ar
el 1 using obser
’s financial assets and liabilities ar
d using the tax rate that has b
quipment to third parties including land and buildings and some commer
quentl
edit losses e
e p
xp
e r
ds in r
d base
d on historic
ve b
ositiv
ur
ecognise
d on obser
ed fr
-term dep
y to surplus or deficit, e
dging instrument e
ccur
esults in the r
erio
al cr
d as curr
ctiv
ying amount of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corr
ences or tax losses c
es for which ther
edit losses (E
ectl
y r endit
e initiall
om income tax under the Income T
alculate
e p
quipment fr
ears with subse
ets for identic
ehensiv
efundable in the curr
arr
ence arises fr
eceiv
xp
ur
d cr
ve at that time r
d to o
osur ossible within the ne
d within lev
elates to items that ar
d in the surplus or deficit.
y differ
es r
, plant and e
oup and the council do not hold or issue derivativ
en dir
quentl
xp
e not base
e classifie
ecte
e p
d for all taxable temp
eser
y differ ofit.
ash on hand, on-
ecte
e inputs include past trading histor
eceivables ha
cting the ability of the debtors to settle their debt.
est rate. The e
e mark
xempt fr
ed tax c
en the c
orar
erty
xp
xp
d at fair value in the statement of financial p
yable or r
e tak
edit e
orar
op
oup and the council consider b
onding historic
e financial instruments, such as for
dge r
enue and e
oup and the council
etwe
, plant and e
ovision matrix base
ecognise
es ar
ev
e inter
or cr
e not material and the balances ar
eatment of gains and losses ar
verable in fut
esp
e held. Management determines the classific
ecognise
erty
elating to the ineffe
e r
ash at bank and short
d at fair value and subse
eceivables is determine
e r
ctiv
ents that ar
d) in activ
xcept when it r d in other compr
ver the lease term
ecognise
eco
y r
op
om 1 month to 72 y
. Qualitativ
d prices include
 
uations. The gr
e liabilities ar
oup include unit trusts, loans to r
cts ar
ences b
e made up of c
eceivables
ok
d parties and financial guarante
d parties and financial guarante
ductible temp
edit losses, all r
ash flow he
d if the temp ofit nor taxable pr
 
ecognise
ecord lifetime e
ehensiv
’s other financial assets ar
ash flows due in accordance with the contract and all the c
ecognition, a loss allowance is r
ement, the gr
ent tax and deferr
osition
ecognise
d cr
osition
elate
elate
ual terms.
yable or r
e differ
e generall
y r
-line basis o
eceivables the gr
ofiles and corr oeconomic factors affe
d at fair value on the date on which a derivativ
d as assets when their fair value is p
ed to surplus or deficit. When a he
ecast transaction subse
ual c
ds ranging fr
ying value of c
ecte
ement and the tr
est rate fluct
d in two stages. F om default ev
 
e also r
ecognise
quivalents ar arr
xp
arrie
oach and r
e. The gain or loss r
ences ar
erio
e initiall
CLs on r
e c
ortion of changes in the fair value of derivativ
d prices (unadjuste
yment pr
ecognise
dges
ur
xisting in the c
esult fr
ose of measur
 
 
erating leases (net of any incentiv
ash e
e p
e the e
y r
ecast transaction is no longer e
dge of a for
ecognise
d appr
es ar
e assets and derivativ om balance date.
e transferr
d in other compr
ctiv
CL). The financial effe
endit
om the council and some CCOs is e
ed tax ar
y differ ofit.
ovision for impairment of r
oup and the council use the pr
oup and the council use derivativ
ase the transaction costs ar
e r
- Inputs other than quote
- Inputs for the asset or liability that ar
xp
oup and the council
en the contract
quent measur
d to the surplus or deficit, e
d on pa
ency and inter
ve ar
oximation of the original effe
edit risk since initial r
orar
ed tax liabilities ar
ed tax is not r
e oup and the council lease pr
oup and the council lease certain pr
enue on a straight
tement of financial p
ceivables ar
ovision for impairment of r
tement of financial p
el 1- Quote
el 2
el 3
e initiall
orting date.
licy
ent tax is the amount of income tax pa
cts neither accounting pr
cancellable p ev
ther financial assets of the Gr
edite
Cash and c liabilities. The c
Re
Pr
The pr simplifie The gr information on the customers.
In assessing E receivables, and trading outlo
To measur base information on macr
 
The gr curr ar changes in the fair value of derivativ
Derivativ
Derivativ months fr
Cash flow he
The effe and e reser gain or loss e
When a for
When a he recognise
The gr which c
O
Impairment of loans to r
Impairment of loans to r betwe appr integral to the contract
ECLs ar losses that r in cr lifetime E
For those financial instruments r
Lev rep
Lev
Lev
For the purp the financial assets and liabilities ar Subse
  Po
Income fr undertakings.
Income tax comprises curr cr and deferr
Curr amount of income tax pa
Temp taxable pr
Deferr available against which the de
Deferr affe
Lesse The gr made under op Lessor The gr non- as r
e sta
e sta
ash
  
  
 
ectiv
ectiv
e   
 
osp
yments
  
  
osp
erating
Pr
ceivables
epa
Pr
Item
Income tax
ther
Op Leases
Cash and c equivalents
Re and pr
Derivativ financial instruments
O financial assets
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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 

   
 
d.
 


en
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

y ar
y, ev
d.
conomic
evalue
ears)
   
e e
ect of the
ovide a
ur d at cost less
evalue
ecognise
esp
erational assets)
e r
e items.
d indefinitel
’s fut
e is to pr
d assets comprises
verable. An
ecognise
d to write down the
ve in r
10 - 40
9 - 45
5 - 35
4 - 100
1 - 60
5 - 100
2 - 50
e is an intention to
ctiv
d useful life (y
Indefinite
Indefinite
Indefinite
ying values of r
eser
eco
dge accounting is applie
d at fair value at the
te
e r
arr
ess is r
evaluation is r
e
y obje
-basis for lik
alculate
verable amount. The
ur
ough continuing use. The
e maintaine
xcept other op
-constructe
ogr
quity for each class of asset.
d.
ecognise
xpand the asset
Estima
y not b eco
endit
d to b
evaluation r
ve in e
xp
ceable and ther d on a net
 
ork in pr
eciation is c
eds its r
d.
estricte
eser quent gain on r
y r
xtend or e d. W
xce
e
y enfor
e intende
 
om fair value. The c
ur
ecognise
vice, for administration, or as a business activity
. The cost of self
y fr ence, then those asset classes ar
enue and e
elationship for which he
ying amount ma
erational assets (e
ecognise
ase the asset is r
evalue
endit
ev
e r
d in the asset r
arr
y r
e r
d)
cash generating assets, value in use is determine
xp
e r
dge r
evaluation r
quipment e
ural heritage
ash generating if their primar
eviousl
ves
or non-
ehensiv
quent costs that e
ed c
e. These assets ar
Asset class
eser
enue and e
d into a he
ur
y the third party
quipment ar
ck
ate that the c
een pr
ural heritage assets. Depr
d
ev
d b
erational assets
d and cult
, plant and e
e is a material differ
d in the asset r
e r
ough a sale transaction rather than thr
ve b
e and fittings.
oup or the council is legall
ational (continue
ves
ur
oice
d cult
ovements
erty e consider ash flows. F
ther compr
osition when offset is legall
er
orks of art
ther op
estricte
ecifie
Treatment of gains and losses
Surplus or deficit
O
Surplus or deficit
Surplus or deficit
y thr
Op
Bus stations and shelters
Marinas
Rolling sto
Whar
W
O
R
Parks and r
Buildings
Impr
Sp assets
op
e c
d in surplus or deficit. Any subse
e designate
ur
ehensiv
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, plant and e
ecifie
y ar
vices, either as a community ser
erty
d fut
ural and heritage assets) and op
 
exchange transaction, in which c
e accumulate
es
cumstances indic
ecognise
ategories:
op
ecte
ying amounts do not differ materiall
ed principall
ooks and furnit
d cult
e r
e as follows:
ears)
xp
arr
ver
ee c
y b
e and ar
ying amount of pr
ve ar
ecifie
ur
ovision for
d in other compr
eco
e council ser
ough a non-
d in surplus or deficit. Any amounts include
arr
ement
e r  
conomic liv
eser
endit
d as held for sale.
d into thr
ed thr
quipment ar
3 - 110
10 - 201
3 - 200
15 - 150
3 - 80
10 - 100
3 - 100
6 - 60
e that their c om the assets’ fair values. If ther
xp
ovide cor
d useful life (y
Indefinite
Indefinite
ecognise
esent value of e
d in the statement of financial p
y comprises the sum of costs inv
te
ecognise
ents or changes in cir
y fr
d cost less pr
d cost
el of any impairment losses that ha
quipment, librar
e r
evaluation r
e classifie
 
y which the c
quent measur
orte
e classifie
d to pr
er ev
ovements and sp
s r
ep

enue and e
y ar
e the use or transfer of title outside the gr
xcept for land, works of art and sp ver their useful e
Estima
ough surplus or deficit unless the
d.
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osal.
ears to ensur
ev
ying amount will b
d and then r
Subse
Fair value
Fair value
Amortise impairment
Amortise
esult of financial instrument earnings or fair value adjustments ar
ecognition, certain classes of pr
e y
e r
arr
erty
op
quipment ar
ense
 
d up to the lev
xcept impr y fiv
 
xp
ehicles, office e
d assets generall
er
d while the
quipment use
d at cost, unless acquir
e material, any abnormal costs and internal surpluses. Subse
quipment e -line basis o
ehensiv
y e
d or upgrade
ovements wher
d funds on disp
y do not differ materiall
enue and
ecognise
oads and systems and networks integral to the city
oup and the council ar
d. After initial r
, plant and e
’s fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. Assets ar
d assets (e
eviousl
ev
d as fair value thr
e r
eplace
eplacement cost.
ement
ecognise
eciation of pr
e r
d for impairment whenev
ash-generating assets is the pr d r
enses arising as a r
e r
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y r
d.
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erty
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xp
d or amortise
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erty
erty
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apitalise
d in other compr
e offset, and the net amount r
ying amount and fair value less costs to sell.
erty and impr
eciate
eviewe
eciate
ehensiv
d cost
d in the surplus or deficit, if any
op
e c
op
ural v
e, c
d as held for sale if their c arr
eciate
op
onents ar
ur
quent measur
osal of pr ed to accumulate
d in surplus or deficit for the amount b
egularity y to ensur
enue and e
d for on an asset class basis.
ecognise
osition
quipment of the gr
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cations and e
alculate the depr
ecognise
osition
esult in a debit balance in an asset class’
d on all pr
d on a depr
xcept land), r
e r
e classifie
 include pr
e
e r
e not depr
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quipment is initiall
otential ar
ur
quipment is r
y their nat
d to c
ecognise
, and is not depr
orting and cult
e transferr
d annuall
e assets
ovide
vice p
ough surplus or deficit
ough other compr
e, b
ur
d amount of the assets on a straight
e
urn. The value in use for c
e accounte
es use
oad formation
d sp
oach base
e
, plant and e
et
erational assets include landfills, motor v
d assets
ur
y
 
 
e assets (e
ur
d cost
es ar
ur d with sufficient r
ent assets ar
ent assets ar
erty
es
e assesse
ed at the lower of their c
ational assets
, plant and e
evalue
, plant and e
cial r
op
astruct
ecognition and subse
ational
d assets ar
ecialise
endit
curr
curr
er ther op estricte
erty
eciation
eciation is pr
astruct
ater and wastewater
ther infrastruct
er
osals
ose
erty
verable amount is the higher of an asset
evalue
evaluation gains ar
tement of financial p
eases in fair value (less costs to sell) ar
 Infr if individual assets or comp
 Op O
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chase costs, time allo
tement of financial p
Land and r
Roads
W
Machiner
Stormwater
O
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Building
Sp
Train stations
Categories
Fair value thr
Fair value thr exp
Amortise
Financial liabilities at amortise
Derivativ Financial assets and liabilities ar settle on a net basis. Rev
• 
• 
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op
Asset class
Infr
Op
ains and losses on the disp
op
e r
Non- measur
Impairment losses ar
Incr
Non-
The pr
Initial r
Pr date of acquisition. The cost of third party constructe pur benefits and ser impairment, if any
Depr
Depr cost or r
Useful liv
The useful liv
Disp
G disp
Impairment
Pr impairment loss is r reco commer using an appr
Revaluation
Infrastruct ar assets ar Revaluations ar
Net r Revaluation losses that r first in surplus or deficit up to the amount pr
e sta
 
e sta
  
ectiv
ent
,   
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osp
curr
erty
osp
Pr
op
Pr
Non- assets held for sale
Pr plant and equipment
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
 
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e non-inter
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d.
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he council c
ver their useful e
d at cost and subse
ortions of e
esult of past ev
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st of the v
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easonable p
ying amount e
cash generating assets, value
e value
equir
arr
estment is initiall
ciates and joint v
est metho
ations and r
dge
d at fair value wher
ash generating if their primar
’s c
or non-
ecognise
erties ar
e not disclose
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ed c
y r
e inter
d.
op
ovision due to the passage of time is
yments r
e after the date of acquisition.
ctiv
om the settlement of b
ariables outside of council
yee costs, a r ecognise
ur
y r d impairment losses, if any
ent
yables and accruals ar
esent value of the estimate
e obligation as a r
ual pa
ate and/ or mo
e consider
ent liabilities. The liability for long
ash flows. F
xact knowle
e c
erty is initiall ofessional qualific estment pr
esulting fr
onents to identify those p
ect emplo e initiall
y which the asset
ur
ent pa
ease in the pr
op
s length basis ar
od that v
d pr
ent liabilities.
d fut
ed at the pr
d or ine
curr
y. 
yable to a third party for assuming the obligations.
es of the council and their close famil
eing accur
ciate or joint v
en the contract
eliho
 
ecte
d cost using the effe
e pa
ariables outside of council
eliabl
xp
estment pr ecognise
e paid within curr
d as a financial liability at the time the guarante
etwe
e on an arm’
d at cost. Curr
e measur
d r
ed at no cost ar
d in accordance with the principles of PBE IP
esentativ
d to b
endants.
e of limite
opriate r
d within non-
esent legal or constructiv
epr
d into various comp
e made to the financial statements of asso
ecognise
sumption b
ecte
d r
d amortisation and accumulate
d in surplus or deficit. Inv
ecognise
orte
ed at amortise
e estimate
e r
ash flows b
ves at the time the council was forme
e is a high lik
e r
xp ep
xchange gains and losses r
ve a pr
ecognise
cte
ecaus
esent value of e
oup and the council financial statements. The inv
an b
en and dep
d parties that ar
eser
sumption but v
eign e
d r
e include
 
y measur
or
ence in c d amount that would b
een classifie
elate
ed to settle the obligation. The incr
od of the as
d to write down the cost of the assets on a straight
om balance date and ar
e contracts ar
ears)
d in surplus or deficit for the amount b
d in the gr
y, adjustments ar
quentl
estricte
d intangible assets, the cost includes dir
ed valuers with appr
equir
d at the amount e
ersonnel, the ele
quity has b
eliho
alculate
e of the surplus or deficit of the asso cessar
sumption but ther
ecognise
egister
orte ash outflows and is r
e subse
oup and the council ha
yer e xcluding r
conomy and changes in legislation.
quity metho
e ne
ep e c
 
del under PBE IFRS 9 Financial Instruments; and
e, or the estimate
edicting outcomes b
vailable on the as
y generate
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3 - 15
3 - 35
6 - 63
oximates fair value.
e r ur
e amount of amortisation r
d at cost less any accumulate
d useful life (y
e, and is c
’s fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. Assets ar
ash outflows r
te
d in surplus or deficit.
endent r
e than 12 months fr
d fut
e the gr
esent value of the differ
. Ratepa osition e
arrie
e c
ash-generating assets is the pr
es Financial guarante
eplacement cost.
om changes in fair value ar
ot rates at balance date. F
ur
ey management p
e c
oup
oint to a high lik
or internall
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d r
y indep
ecognise the shar
edit loss mo
ouses or domestic partners, childr
ecognise
estment. Wher
d fut
es, k
e r
y b
d for using the e
ying value appr
yable mor
y at the higher of:
d cr
ur
emuneration, transactions with r
eciate
d to r
osition wher
ecte
d on the pr
elopment phase of the asset. Intangible assets acquir
arr
ecte
ent
ease
.
yable within 12 months of balance date and ar
xp
ed to settle the obligation, and the amount c
quentl
xp
est in the Gr
d at cost. F
cr
opriate, the cumulativ
d base ed without the guarante
xcept rights to acquir
en, annuall
e accounte
oup
e, the c
ers include sp
ersonnel r
equir
s to the difficulty of pr
st of the information a
d on a depr
equir
cial buildings and water space licences held to generate income. Inv
esent value of estimate
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e r
e appr
ement
d or de
efor
e r
ecognise
ains or losses arising fr
es ar
d into NZD using the sp
ciates, joint v
efer
ur
y r
urn. The value in use for c
ease
esent amounts pa
y memb
ed within the dev
et
ying amount of the inv
e outcomes, such as the wider e
vailable to council p
ome of the information on the as
y for impairment. An impairment loss is r
e undertak
ent
epr
oach base
arr
esent amounts pa
d within 12 months of balance date ar
ces will b
es is determine
ur
cial r
erties. G
ed at the pr
d at face value plus transaction costs and ar
esent value of the e
d less, wher
quity is the net asset and liability p
sumption.
e initiall
ecognition, intangible assets ar
osal of intangible assets ar
epr
verable amount is the higher of an asset
op
y terms; ther
e translate d in the surplus or deficit.
ey management p
quent measur
e incurr
d e
e settle
esour
sumption r
ct fut
d annuall eco
-da
 
osition
alculate the amortisation of intangible assets ar
aluations ar
ed at fair value and subse
d in accordance with the e
uckland community
d on intangible assets, e
educe the c olicies in line with the gr
ecognise
osition
d in the statement of financial p
ecognise
e of k
y r
owings ar ecognise
ed at the pr
y r
yments that would b
d to c
le asset
e
e teste
estment pr
ciates and joint v ying amount is incr ed r
d on 30
y them. Close famil
ovide
erty
om the disp
d using an appr
orr e r
d b
ecasting assumptions
acy of the as
ed. After initial r
op
ovide a commer
erty includes land, commer
arr
y measur
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eceiv
yables and accruals r
ecognise
ransactions.
sumption.
ect costs that ar
es use
op
e initiall
e r
e measur
olle
oses. Contribute
ol
ual pr
 
quity is the A
d.
y settle
ency b
yables and accruals r
d intangible assets ar
es
ct
ent pa
d as finance cost in surplus or deficit. Financial guarante
ecognition and subse
e is to pr
om the disclosur
y measur
ed at fair value. V
yee entitlements to b yee entitlements is measur
d parties include subsidiaries, asso
yer e
ant for
ariables that affe
ther intangible assets
osals
verable amount. The r ctiv
eciate
ent pa
curr
owings ar
change T
’s contr
tement of financial p
chase
el of uncertainty – council has mo
es.
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Community rights
Computer softwar
Intelle
O
estment pr
estments in asso
eign curr
 the amount initiall Ex
ains and losses fr
tement of financial p
uckland and in inv
om translation ar
ovisions ar obable that an outflow of r
ovisions ar
• the amount determine
• 
ecific purp
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Pur and other dir reliabl
Amortisation
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Disp
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Impairment
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ate lev
 
 
  
 
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ur ciates
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estment
under council
the accur
will impact on the accur
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estment
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he lev
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
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vices.
 
 
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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el of funding
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ctions.
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oje
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ear could se
ovide
ed. This would
oje
e lower
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d then less er
edit rating we would
ual lev
ed is lower or
ort pr
e an amendment to
vements on an annual esse
ements. F
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%
d, then further
ough to higher debt
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0
yment.
ose to maintain
ecast and debt
eady pr
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%
antl
cts.
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d the cost of pr
est rates, the council
els, worse climate
vernment is
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en 0
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er cent.
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30
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vel e able to deliv
d the council could
oje
e addr
30
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ces.
y r
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y cho
erio
oje d. If inflation is lower than
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et inter y less than $20 million, due to
%
vice lev
vices would b
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5%
0
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ent fr
2.0
0.0
oje
om the curr
2029
estment would impact on housing
estment in transp
vices would b ort ser
ver that p
y less than 1 p
d, the council would ha
ed do
2029
2029
est rates flow thr
dging curr
vices could b
d pr
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derate
%
d b
vernment funding for sho ecte
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est rates of b
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0
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vernment shortfall for one y
vernment funding r
derate
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derate for the term of the curr
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ant changes will b
d the council ma
cal e
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est rates differ signific
 
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2.0
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erio
d transp
owings o
apital inv
eser
2028
ent to what we ha
educe
ual lev
vernment is less than budgete
’s planne
d.
d, the council would b
orr
el of go
estment to fut
d c
enue r
wards.
oje
eater than pr
cts
2028
e higher than planne
2028
oint change in mark
est rate he
ease risks to public safety
ort
educe the inv
ev
eases in inter
%
cts
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ver a Go
vernment funding for sho
enue is less than pr
oom r
ecte
ecte
onment and community outcomes for A
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er the p
estment and ser
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xp
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er annum.
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0.0
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centage p
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vices would b
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vernment is differ
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estment in assets and ser
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The council will continue to monitor price mo basis and any signific annual plans or long
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2025
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est rate
cal and
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vernment
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ctions of annual r
ears of the plan (2028
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ctions base
ars to public transp
ed as the c
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ends is then adjuste y the council.
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2023
d in 2015 to impr
oje
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vernment will pr
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2022/
edit rating in pr
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op
enues.
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een assume
d no additional funding to council (or
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yor of A
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ev
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2022
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2021/
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ecasts for this plan.
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TAP) was establishe
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apital funding
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 

   
 
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orr
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apital inv
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apital pr
ovements would b
ense and
ol of council is the
ent than the
d or r
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ecast, then the d b ending on how large
om those for
xp
ough to change
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ehensiv
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e impacte
ciate
esult in a differ d.
e to a differ
ur e on funding r
eas such as the mark
e
ent fr
ur
estment is signific esult in changes to the mix
e (and the achiev
apital pr
ur
vice impr
ecast rate r
end on the planne
ur
eatment could affe
endit
ecast. Dep
vements differ signific
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endit
ement.
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endit
xp
ther ar
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el, and pace, of c
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or ownership struct equir
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apital inv
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d to the City Rail Link pr
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eas under the contr
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e to claims is differ d in this plan.
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derate
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osals ar
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apital e
ense, depr
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apital e
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apital e
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evaluation mo
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cisions on ownership r
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ctions for individual c
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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
 
   

 
 


 
 
 
 
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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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51,4
379
276
407
12
25
186
666
505
994
577
313
(16
2028
3,037
4,4
1,393
4,138
vel demand management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 









6
9
4
7
0
76
55
84
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439
132
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42
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conomic gr
7,888
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6,562
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,836
,835
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,156
,67
,188
9,210
,54
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,252
 
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97,408
50
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0,554
4,830
2,910
5,658
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27
627
367
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15,52
LT
277
12
27
186
46
927
571
287
 
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1,202
1,300
1,466
13
37
390
648
1,379
(16
ep
10
2027
2,890
4,28
3,99
D
8
7
4
2
8
0
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,61
,712
,144
297
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
P /27
,37
,795
,88
,992
,458
,84
,695
14
,000
27
9,430
9,373
6,
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ort
 



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0


(2)
71 
LT
362
277
379
123
16
634
431
893
547,87
24
(16
,000
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,130
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1,34
5,57
1,6
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(426)
(55)
1,4
2,323
11
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2026
2,748
4,102
3,856
12
5,263
194
43
183
52
85
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132
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9
9
6
0
49
0
ng balance 2020
10
10
 
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,401
,115
,17
,103
P /26
,662
,825
,249
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,206
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12
3,300
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ents and destination and
121
28
623
867
522
49,0
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LT
354
280
356
153
396
240,0
27
(16
2025
2,615
3,922
1,
3,6
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
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14 
14
455
0
(1)
78 
83 
9
9
0
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,615
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70
(37)
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lan
1,362
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15
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9,271
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29
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29
6,293
26
2,336
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P

,073
,944
,294
4,922
,526
,446
,709
,766
,634
,795
,692
,36
,740
/21
725
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240,6
27
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16
29
4,482
611
4,591)
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110
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LT
348
27
334
138
742
363
82
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228
(1
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2,489
3,
1,207
3,513
2020
erating costs of additional transp
Annual P
9
70
8
0
 
437
,015
,713
,313
,218
P /24
,96
,935
,545
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,703
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,053
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9,805
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LT
335
24,
268
316
109
30,0
126
600
331
772
491
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(13
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3,605
1,253
3,44
apital and op
2
5
0
  23
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,67
,205
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757
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4,377
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9,288
8,516
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317
33
265
282
107
30
11
591
311
736
45
133
(12
2022/
2,261
3,411
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3,27
 
tements
7
1
0
  22
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770
897
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31
101
5,594
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LTP
306
247,
105
586
300
1,127
429
(12
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24
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63
136
234
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33
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544
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1,160
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
0
0
0
0
0
5
 
 
,717
,073
,702
P /31
,235
,235
,235
P /31
,000
,920
,407
,327
,270
3,000
,000
,000
,864
,488
,000
,000
17
31
7,963
14
LT 30
467
467
467
LT 30
80
565
92
758
429
451
485
,681
20
20
7,173
,284
1,94
,498,37
,256
25
19
55
56
0
0
2
7
 
,110
,110
,736
 
,722
,583
,616
,591
,34
P /30
,626
,626
P /30
,000
1,664
,358
,593
3,000
,000
,066
,000
,000
,000
,098
,045
17
64
8,45
13
LT
912
30
360
360
912
LT
80
54
92
79
429
438
485
,681
,713
,512
2029
1,272
2029
7,105
24,562
19
1,968
54
55
0
5
5
0
9
9
 
 
,731
,140
,731
P /29
7,115
7,115
,67
,67
,790
P /29
,000
,933
,995
,65
,35
,535
,926
,629
3,000
,000
,288
16
,000
,000
,000
29
9,938
11
LT
29
29
867
867
LT
80
519
92
43
755
429
,103
412
485
,681
2028
1,164
2028
7,06
1,988
23
19
53,210
53,966
0
0
 
 
,651
,148
,115
P /28
1,168
1,168
,309
,309
,622
,754
3,477
P /28
,000
,403
,802
,835
,766
3,000
,000
,000
,000
,000
,240
,096
10
LT
27
27
22
22
16
15
27
29
LT
80
496
92
703,856
429
,737
388
485
2027
2027
,681
6,866
21
2,009
,635
19
51
52,339
0
6
2
0
0
4
99
 
 
,081
,77
P /27
,210
,210
,000
,000
,210
P /27
,000
,422
,039
,69
3,000
,000
,605
,000
,000
,000
,839
,400
16
37
9,582
LT
230
230
261
261
491
LT
80
474,7
92
703,561
26
29,4
429
378
485
2026
2026
6,507
,208
,681
,754
,458
21
19
2,0
50
51
0
6
0
9
9
2
0
 
 
76
,251
,411
P /26
7,211
7,211
9,736
9,736
,947
P /26
,000
,34
,785
2,288
,34
,05
3,000
,000
,305
,000
,000
,000
,48
15,
9,886
8,433
LT
25
25
84
64
64
25
906
LT
80
45
92
727
429
,516
366
485
,681
2025
2025
5,962
20
,250
19
2,04
49,523
50
9
0
9
1
77
0
9
6
5
5
 
,14
,14
 
457
20
,182
,77
P
,0
,226
,000
,890
,000
,94
,296
,000
,426
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,000
,000
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4/25
P 4/25
3,000
15,
7,307
LT
214
214
874
874,077
88
LT
80
431
92
102
725
24,
429
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348
485
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,102
202
1,0
202
5,456
19
2,161
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19
48
48
0
2
7
0
83
9
 
,182
,18
 
,154
,116
,166
P /24
,39
P /24
,000
,843
,786
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,598
3,000
,000
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,696
15
,000
,000
,000
6,203
LT
142,215
142,215
292
292
23
327
434
LT
80
415
92
135
741,7
429
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485
,681
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2023
2023
5,162
,273,47
18
19
2,098
46
47
0
0
0
57
0
70
0
6
9
  23
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  23
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3,000
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1,75
5,121
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14
21,9
LTP
120
120
120
LTP
80
391
92
173
755
429
,757,338
317
485
2022/
2022/
4,944
,681
,512
,267
17
1,87
19
45
46
0
9
2
66
0
20
  22
,515
,515
 
,102
5,35
22
,000
,780
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,239
,943
,68
3,000
,000
9,585
,000
,000
,000
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4,060
9,267
LTP
75,844
75,844
199
199
14
27
 
LTP
80
373
92
106
20
66
429
312
,18
2021/
2021/
485
,519
4,675,8
,478,803
,681
17
19
1,432
44
45
 
0
4
 
 
75
0
9
5
4
lan
24
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lan
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,861
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74
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/21
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osition
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9,4
,34
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7,315
1,516
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,945
4,821
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,247
32,7
2,809
/21
0,799
80
60
13
132
44
1,732
37
666
,695
240,
497
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2,515
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2020
(179
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1,7
1,55
2020
2,979
17
19
44
Annual P
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44
 
 
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op
evenue
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Total curr
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Liabilitie
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AUCKLAND COUNCIL 10 -YEAR BUDGET 2021 – 2031: VOLUME 1
SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
8
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
,827
,233
,310
794
,164
,27
,511
,123
 
,396
,235
,235
273
,396
,123
P /31
,000
,646
1,222
,365
,67
9,000
,904
P /31
9,000
9,000
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(273)
LT 30
84
31
24,
193
78,0
143
,117
,107
,149,027
,149,027
,149,027
LT 30
467
467
20
1,065
1,784
2,990
14,101
1,6
16
,56
19
,56
8,619
,56
8,619
37
1,960
20
1,493
1,960
8,619
26
37
37
26
26
2
76
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
29
 
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218
,139
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,792
,792
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,626
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24
,535
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P /30
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1,190
,632
,25
,396
,396
,396
82
26
4,621
2,9
8,8
9,000
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9,000
9,000
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LT
31
184
0
78,0
14
93,396
912
912
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,681
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LT
1,132
360
360
2029
1,016
1,759,
2,91
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,56
,56
7,707
13,9
1,6
15
1,493
8,619
1,4
8,619
18
36
2029
26
36
36
26
26
5
5
97
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
 
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,733
,135
,521
 
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,41
,67
535
P /29
,567
,535
7,115
,67
9,286
,967
,000
1,160
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,056
,056
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7,115
27
6,102
7,232
9,000
P /29
9,000
9,000
1,556
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7,
LT
79
31
29
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1,734
42,0
17
78,0
155
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29
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1,132
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833
841
1,132
867
867
70
2028
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,56
2,8
,409
,409
,409
,56
6,
13
1,6
15
7,707
18
2028
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35
26
35
35
26
26
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
90
0
0
0
 
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,105
,41
 
,168
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,41
P /28
,804
,000
,725
,658
1,129
,894
,266
,850
,266
,266
1,168
,806
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,309
77
4,830
9,000
P /28
9,000
9,000
7,876
,806)
LT
87,590
31
34
22
922
29,4
167
78,0
162,424
833
841
LT
52
271
27
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22
2027
1,6
2,748
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6,853
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6,841
13
1,6
15
2027
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26
34
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26
26
7
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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,210
,210
960
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1,104
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76,135
0,0
9,490
0,138
9,000
7,876
P /27
9,000
9,000
7,87
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3,913
LT
874,315
31
31
4
158
78,0
17
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52
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230
230
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52
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261
261
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2026
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2,6
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6,853
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12
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14,867,
17
2026
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6,85
33,950,789
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33,950,789
33,950,789
26
26
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
50
84
0
0
0
 
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,991
,619
960
 
,619
,533
960
P /26
,440
,8
,000
,500
,554
1,0
8,65
,206
9,579
7,211
9,000
9,579
9,579
P /26
9,000
9,000
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7,211
41,309
9,736
9,736
LT
74
31
33
25
820
52
149,0
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78,0
178,52
25
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265
624,
LT
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64
64
(41,309)
624,
2025
1,5
2,512
12
1,6
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6,016
14,27
16
2025
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26
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9
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2,632
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9,000
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0
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0
0
0
0
0
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,917
,173
,171
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,473
,182
,18
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5,728
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,758
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,446
,209
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,406
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9,000
9,000
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213
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9,000
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70
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120
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1,381
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  22
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4,011
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9,000
9,000
9,000
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3,686
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747,963
70,322
31
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78,0
75,8
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LTP
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29
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1,262
2,177
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7,536
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9,091
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9,091
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SECTION TWO: OUR FINANCES 
2 .3 PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
0
0
2
9)
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0

 
,792
,235
 
,032
,628
14
,722
P /31
,235
P /31
,683
,300)
,84
,336
,637)
,083)
,730)
,704
,310)
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,000
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LT 30
,681
467
467
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912
216
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80
80,0
20
,185
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36
37
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2,007
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2
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5
0
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0
0
0

 
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,110
,736
,792
 
,185
,70
,733
,515
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,056
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,703)
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LT
360
912
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904
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76,648)
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2029
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1,272
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1,982
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36
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0
0
0
0
0
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,118
364
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,266
7,115
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2,336
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LT
29
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151
77
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68
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414,194
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80,0
2028
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1,164
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0
0

 
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,351
,773
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3,477
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271
22
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213
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80,0
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230
261
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1
3
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0
5
0
0
0

 
 
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2,632
7,211
9,736
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132
132
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11 

98 
 
,119
,555
187 
,54
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,909
6,52
1,6
4,
LT 30
156
82
450
266
185
14
41
20
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,235
,292
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,167
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,430
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1,725
,530
81
LT
434
155
236
166
140
396
1,612
2029
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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2,682
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1,893
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418
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225
161
133
373
2028
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1,965
79
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150
215
155
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2027
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4

 
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,917
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111
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393
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191
137
329
78,52
2026
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41

 
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6,152
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8,094
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77
356
14
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42 

 
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167
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72
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0
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2,891
LTP
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137
108
255
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SECTION THREE: AUDITOR’S REPORT
 
 
Wāhanga tuatoru: 
Tā te kaitātari kaute
To the reader: 
Section three: 
Independent Auditor’s report on Auckland Council Group’s 2021-31 long-term plan 
I am the auditor of Auckland Council Group (the Council). The Local Government Act 2002 (the Act) 
Auditor’s report 
requires the Council’s long-term plan (plan) to include the information in Part 1 of Schedule 10 of the 
Act. Section 94 of the Act requires an audit report on the Council’s plan. Section 259C of the Act 
requires a report on disclosures made under certain regulations. I have used my staff and resources 
to carry out the assurance engagement of the Council’s plan. 
Opinion 
In my opinion: 
• 
the plan provides a reasonable basis for: 
 
long-term, integrated decision-making and co-ordination of the Council’s 
resources; and 
 
accountability of the Council to the community; 
• 
the information and assumptions underlying the forecast information in the plan are 
reasonable; and 
• 
the disclosures in Volume 2 on pages 269 to 272 represent a complete list of the disclosures 
required by Part 2 of the Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 
2014 (the Regulations) and accurately reflect the information drawn from the plan. 
This opinion does not provide assurance that the forecasts in the plan wil  be achieved, because 
events do not always occur as expected and variations may be material. Nor does it guarantee the 
accuracy of the information in the plan. 
The audit was completed on 29 June 2021, which is the date on which my opinion is expressed. 
Emphasis of matters 
Without modifying my opinion, I draw attention to the following matters: 
Uncertainty over three waters reforms 
Volume 2 on page 164 and volume 2 on page 56 outline the Government’s intention to make three 
waters reform decisions during 2021. The effect that the reforms may have on three waters services 
provided is currently uncertain because no decisions have been made. The plan was prepared as if 
these services wil  continue to be provided by the Council, but future decisions may result in 
 
significant changes, which would affect the information on which the plan has been based.
 
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SECTION THREE: AUDITOR’S REPORT
Uncertainty over forecast funding 
The procedures included assessing whether: 
Volume 1 on pages 54 to 62 outline the Council’s key assumptions in respect of its financial forecasts. 
• 
the Council’s financial strategy, and the associated financial policies, support prudent 
I draw specific attention to the following assumptions, which are subject to higher levels of 
financial management by the Council; 
uncertainty and could affect the Council’s ability to fund its planned capital expenditure: 
• 
the Council’s infrastructure strategy identifies the significant infrastructure issues that the 
• 
Covid-19 border controls will remain until July 2022 with no further lock-downs. 
Council is likely to face during the next 30 years; 

• 
The programmes agreed in the Auckland Transport Alignment Project will be fully delivered 
 
the Council’s forecasts to replace existing assets are consistent with its approach to replace 
and all parties involved will work together to ensure the agreed funding is made available, 
its assets, and reasonably take into account the Council’s knowledge of the assets’ 
notwithstanding the indicative funding advice received from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport 
condition and performance; 
Agency was less than forecast. 
• 
the information in the plan is based on materially complete and reliable information; 
• 
The asset recycling target of $70 million per annum for the first five years of the plan and a 
• 
the Council’s key plans and policies are reflected consistently and appropriately in the 
$90 million permanent savings target (to be achieved in 2022 and maintained in 
development of the forecast information; 
subsequent years) wil  be met. 
• 
the assumptions set out in the plan are based on the best information currently available to 
Changes in these assumptions could require the Council to reduce its planned capital expenditure 
the Council and provide a reasonable and supportable basis for the preparation of the 
and may result in a reduction in levels of service, without further increases in funding, either through 
forecast information; 
rates, debt or other funding sources.  
• 
the forecast financial information has been properly prepared on the basis of the 
Uncertainty over the City Rail Link project 
underlying information and the assumptions adopted, and complies with general y 
accepted accounting practice in New Zealand; 
Volume 1 on page 59 outlines the Council’s assumption that it will cost $4.4 billion to deliver the City 
Rail Link project, which it expects to complete in late 2024. The Council’s share of the estimated total 
• 
the rationale for the Council’s activities is clearly presented and agreed levels of service are 
cost is $2.2 billion. There remains a level of uncertainty about the costs related to the project. 
reflected throughout the plan; 
Volume 1 on page 59 also outlines that an agreement has not yet been reached between the Crown 
and the Council over the future ownership of the assets that comprise the City Rail Link. The Council 
• 
the levels of service and performance measures are reasonable estimates and reflect the 
has assumed that it will need to fund $408 million of future operating costs over the 10 year period 
main aspects of the Council’s intended service delivery and performance; and 
of the plan and depreciation for 50% of the assets. 
• 
the relationship between the levels of service, performance measures, and forecast 
Changes in these assumptions would affect the total estimated project cost, future operating costs, 
financial information has been adequately explained in the plan. 
and depreciation, incorporated into the underlying information to the plan.  
The security and controls over the electronic publication of the plan was not evaluated. 
Basis of opinion 
Responsibilities of the Council and auditor 
My staff carried out the work in accordance with the International Standard on Assurance 
Engagements (New Zealand) 3000 (Revised) Assurance Engagements Other Than Audits or Reviews of 
The Council is responsible for: 
Historical Financial Information and took into account particular elements of the Auditor-General’s 
Auditing Standards and the International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3400 The Examination 
• 
meeting all legal requirements affecting its procedures, decisions, consultation, disclosures, 
of Prospective Financial Information that were consistent with those requirements. 
and other actions relating to the preparation of the plan; 
The Council’s evidence to support the information and disclosures in the plan and the application of 
• 
presenting forecast financial information in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
its policies and strategies to the forecast information in the plan, has been assessed. The risks of 
practice in New Zealand; and 
material misstatement and the Council’s systems and processes applied to prepare the plan, have 
• 
having systems and processes in place to enable the preparation of a plan that is free from 
been assessed to select appropriate procedures. 
material misstatement. 
 
 
 
 
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I am responsible for expressing an independent opinion on the plan and the disclosures required by 
the Regulations, as required by sections 94 and 259C of the Act. I do not express an opinion on the 
merits of the plan’s policy content. 
Independence and quality control 
In carrying out the work, my staff complied with the Auditor-General’s: 
• 
independence and other ethical requirements, which incorporate the independence and 
ethical requirements of Professional and Ethical Standard 1 issued by the New Zealand 
Auditing and Assurance Standards Board; and 
• 
quality control requirements, which incorporate the quality control requirements of 
Professional and Ethical Standard 3 (Amended) issued by the New Zealand Auditing and 
Assurance Standards Board. 
In addition to this report on the Council’s plan and all legally required external audits, I, my staff, and 
appointed auditors have provided assurance reports on: 
• 
agreed-upon procedures engagements in relation to the requirements of the Freshwater 
Improvement Funding Deed; 
• 
an assurance engagement in respect of information provided by the Auckland Council and 
Auckland Council Group as required by the terms of its foreign borrowings programme; and 
• 
engagements for Watercare Services Limited in the areas of cyber and security risk 
advisory, tax advisory, additional expenditure testing, probity services, project assurance 
related to the central interceptor project and limited assurance on selected non-financial 
information. 
These engagements are compatible with the Auditor-General’s independence requirements. Other 
than these engagements I have no relationship with, or interests in, the Council or any of its 
subsidiaries. 
 
 
Greg Schollum 
Deputy Controller and Auditor-General 
Wellington, New Zealand 
 
 
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SECTION FOUR: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
4.1 HOW THE ORGANISATION IS STRUCTURED
Wāhanga tuawha: 
4.1 How the organisation is structured
Auckland Council’s structure provides the scale for efficient delivery, a regional 
He pārongo atu anō
perspective that provides a clear direction for Auckland, and representation 
Section four: 
that reflects diversity, local flavour and active public participation.
The Mayor promotes our vision for Auckland to 
The Governing Body
Additional 
be a world class city and is tasked with leading 
the development of regional plans, policies and 
This consists of the mayor and 20 councillors 
who are elected on a ward basis. The Governing 
information
budgets to achieve that vision.
Body focuses on the big picture and on 
Auckland’s 20 councillors, who represent 13 
Auckland-wide strategic decisions that are 
wards, make up the Governing Body along with 
important to the whole region. Auckland is 
the Mayor. It focuses on strategic issues and 
split into 13 wards, which are used for council 
initiatives which affect Auckland as a region. 
elections. Councillors are elected to represent 
Some decision-making powers are delegated 
the Auckland region and they also sit on council 
to committees – three committees of the 
committees. 
whole (Environment and Community; Finance 
and Performance; Parks, Arts Community 
and Events; and Planning), and reporting 
The Mayor
and standing committees (Appointments 
The Mayor is elected by residents directly. The 
and Performance Review; Audit and Risk; 
mayor leads the council and has enhanced 
Civil Defence and Emergency Management; 
responsibilities including promoting a vision for 
Regulatory; Strategic Procurement; Auckland 
Auckland, providing leadership to achieve the 
Domain; Value for Money and Council Controlled 
vision, leading development of council plans, 
Organisation oversight).
policies and budget, and engaging with the 
We have 149 local board members, spread over 
people of Auckland and its many communities 
21 boards, who make decisions on the local 
and stakeholders.
services, such as parks, libraries, community 
halls and pools, which form the fabric of our 
local communities.
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4.1 HOW THE ORGANISATION IS STRUCTURED
Ngā mema o te Kāhui Kāwanatanga
Tō mātou tira kaiwhakahaere
4.1.1 Governing Body members 
4.1.2 Auckland Council Executive 
Leadership Team
Auckland’s 20 councillors,  
who represent 13 wards, make  
up the Governing Body along  
with the Mayor.
Hon Phil Goff CNZM, JP
Bill Cashmore
Mayor
Deputy Mayor Franklin
Jim Stabback
Patricia Reade
Simone Andersen 
Chief Executive
Deputy Chief Executive
GM Nga Matarae –  
Maori Outcomes 
John Watson
Wayne Walker
Dr Cathy Casey
Hon Christine Fletcher QSO 
Albany
Albany
Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa
Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa
Dr Claudia Wyss
Barry Potter
Craig Hobbs
Director Customer and 
Director Infrastructure and  
Director Regulatory 
Community Services
Environmental Services
Services
Sharon Stewart QSM
Paul Young 
Alf Filipaina 
Fa’anana Efeso Collins
Howick
Howick
Manukau
Manukau
Phil Wilson
Peter Gudsell
Megan Tyler
Director, Governance &  
Group Chief Financial Officer
Chief of Strategy
CCO Partnerships
Angela Dalton 
Daniel Newman
Josephine Bartley
Chris Darby
Manurewa-Papakura
Manurewa-Papakura
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
North Shore
Richard Hills
Desley Simpson
Greg Sayers
Linda Cooper JP
North Shore
Orākei
Rodney
Waitākere
Shane Henderson
Pippa Coom
Tracy Mulholland
Waitākere
Waitematā and Gulf
Whau
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SECTION FOUR: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
4.2 CO - GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
4.1.3 Local Boards
The board and the Governing Body will also 
• Ms Liane Ngāmane
meet at least four times each year to discuss 
• Mr Terrence (Mook) Hohneck
the council’s performance of its duties. The nine 
The 21 local boards are a key part of the 
community and community organisations in 
• Mr Tony Kake
Independent Māori Statutory Board  
governance of Auckland Council with a wide-
the local area
members are:
• Mr Denis Kirkwood
ranging role that spans most council services 
•  identify and develop bylaws for the local 
• Ms Josie Smith
and activities. Local boards make decisions 
• Mr David Taipari, Chairperson
board area and propose them to the 
• Ms Karen Wilson
on local matters, provide local leadership, 
Governing Body 
• Hon. Tau Henare Deputy Chairperson
support strong local communities and provide 
For more details on the IMSB, please visit  
•  any additional responsibilities delegated by 
• Mr Glenn Wilcox
important local input into region-wide strategies 
www.imsb.maori.nz
the Governing Body, such as decisions within 
• Mr Renata Blair
and plans.
regional bylaws.
Local boards:
Each year, local boards and the Governing 
4.1.6 Advisory panels 
•  make decisions on local matters, including 
Body agree individual local board agreements, 
setting the standards of services delivered 
Auckland Council’s demographic and sector 
Demographic advisory panels:
which set out the local activities, services and 
locally
advisory panels enable the council to ensure 
levels of service that will be provided over the 
• Disability Advisory Panel
that the views and needs of a wide range of 
•  identify the views of local people on regional 
coming year. The agreements for 2021/2022 
• Public Art Advisory Panel
communities of interest are incorporated in 
strategies, policies, plans and bylaws and 
are included in this 10-year Budget and can be 
council’s decision-making. Advisory panels 
• Rainbow Communities Advisory Panel
communicate these to the Governing Body
found in Volume 3.
provide advice to the Governing Body and 
• Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel
•  develop and implement local board plans 
To find out which local board area you are in, 
council staff within the remit of the Auckland 
• Seniors Advisory Panel
(every three years)
follow this path from the website home page: 
Plan on the following areas:
• Pacific Peoples Advisory Panel
•  develop, monitor and report on local board 
About Council > Local Boards > Find your ward 
•  Auckland Council’s regional policies, plans 
• Youth Advisory Panel 
agreements (every year)
and local board
and strategies
Sector Panels:
•  provide local leadership and develop 
•  Regional and strategic matters including  
relationships with the Governing Body, the 
• Auckland City Centre Advisory Board
those that Council-Controlled Organisations 
• Rural Advisory Panel
4.1.4 Council Controlled Organisations 
deal with
•  any matter of particular interest or concern  
• Heritage Advisory Panel.
to Auckland’s diverse communities.
For more detail on Auckland Council’s  
The council uses Council Controlled 
between CCOs and the council, and the culture 
advisory panels, please visit our website  
Organisations (CCOs) to apply commercial 
of CCOs.
Auckland Council has seven demographic 
www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/advisorypanels
disciplines and specialist expertise in the 
advisory panels and three sector panels.
The panel reported their findings in July 2020. 
management of key regional council assets and 
The council group is working together to 
efficient service delivery. For more information 
implement the 64 recommended improvements 
4.2 Co-governance arrangements
about our CCOs please see Section 3.8 in 
made by the review panel.  
Volume 2.
As a result of Treaty of Waitangi Settlements, 
established under the Ngā Mana Whenua 
The report of the review panel can be found 
legislation has established co-governance 
o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Act 
The council commissioned an independent 
here: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-
entities which require the council to co-govern 
2014 and has six council appointees.
review of its substantive council controlled 
auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/
alongside mana whenua as Treaty partners:
organisations in early 2020. The independent 
In addition, the council nominates two members 
council-controlled-organisations/Pages/review-
panel was tasked with reviewing: the 
I.  The Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Reserves Board was 
of the Mutukaroa (Hamlins Hill) Management 
of-council-controlled-organisations.aspx
effectiveness of the CCO model, roles and 
established under the Ōrākei Act 1991 and 
Trust and four members of the  
responsibilities, the accountability mechanisms 
currently operates under the Ngāti Whātua 
Te Motu a Hiaroa (Puketutu Island) Governance 
Ōrākei Claims Settlement Act 2012 and has 
Trust and local board members participate 
4.1.5 Independent Māori 
three council appointees.
alongside mana whenua in the Pukekiwiriki 
Statutory Board 
II.  Te Poari o Kaipātiki ki Kaipara (officially 
Pā Joint Management Committee, Wai o Maru 
the Parakai Recreation Reserve Board) is 
Co-Management Committee, Te Pūkaki: Tapu 
established under the Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara 
o Poutukeka Historic Reserve and associated 
The Independent Māori Statutory Board (IMSB) 
has voting rights on Auckland Council’s key 
Claims Settlement Act 2013 and has three 
Māori Lands Co-management Committee, 
has specific responsibilities and legal powers 
decision- making committees and promotes 
council appointees.
and Rangihoa and Tawaiparera Committee (in 
to promote issues of significance to Māori and 
cultural, economic, environmental and social 
abeyance). Please see Section 4.0 of Volume 2 
assist Auckland Council to make decisions and 
well-being issues that are significant to Māori. It 
III.  The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau 
for more information.
act in accordance with statutory provisions 
provides direction and guidance to help improve 
Authority (or Maunga Authority) is 
relating to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Board 
council’s responsiveness to Māori.
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SECTION FOUR: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
4.4 GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Me pēhea te whakapā mai ki te kaunihera
Papakupu kupu
4.3 How to contact the council 
4.4 Glossary of terms
Accommodation Provider 

Auckland Unlimited
Online aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/contactus
Targeted Rate (APTR)
The organisation that manages Auckland Zoo and 
Phone 
09 301 0101
A rate paid only by owners of properties such as 
the Auckland Art Gallery along with venues used for 
motels, hotels and Airbnb properties. The money 
conventions, shows, concerts and major sporting 
Post 
Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142
received from this rate is used to fund major events 
events. Auckland Unlimited also delivers major 
and undertake other activities to attract visitors to 
events for council and provides tourism promotion 
Auckland.
and economic development services on the council’s 
Activity or service
behalf.
4.3.1 Locations that offer 
The services the council provides to the community. 
Capital investment, capital expenditure 
This includes things like running buses, collecting 
or capital programme
council services 
rubbish and maintaining parks.
Building (or buying) assets such roads, pipes and 
Bledisloe Lane (CBD)
Orewa
Annual Plan, Annual Budget or 
buildings that are we use to provide services to 
Bledisloe House, Ground Floor, 
50 Centreway Road, Orewa
Emergency Budget
Aucklanders.
24 Wellesley Street, Auckland CBD
Papakura Sir Edmund Hillary Library
The plan that sets out what the council seeks to 
Council-controlled organisation (CCO)
Aotea / Great Barrier Island
1/209 Great South Road, Papakura
achieve in a financial year, the services we will 
A company (or other type of organisation) that is at 
81 Hector Sanderson Road,  
Pukekohe Library, Franklin: The Centre 
provide, how much money will be spent and where 
least 50 per cent owned by the council or for which 
Claris, Great Barrier Island
12 Massey Avenue, Pukekohe
that money will come from. Last year’s budget is 
the council has at least 50 per cent control through 
Helensville
referred to as our Emergency Budget because of the 
voting rights or the right to appoint directors. These 
Takapuna Library
49 Commercial Road, Helensville
need to respond to a significant financial challenge 
organisations each have their own board of directors 
9 The Strand, Takapuna
for 2020/2021.
(or equivalent) and their own staff who manage day-
Henderson
Te Manawa
6 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson
Asset
to-day operations.
11 Kohuhu Lane, Westgate
An item of value, usually something of a physical 
Council group
Huapai
Waiheke Island
nature that you can reach out and touch, that will 
Auckland Council and the Council-controlled 
296 Main Road (SH16), Huapai
10 Belgium Street, Ostend,  
last for more than one year. Infrastructure assets 
organisations, along with the council’s investments in 
Kumeū Library 
Waiheke Island
are physical items such as roads, pipes and council 
Ports of Auckland and Auckland Airport.
296 Main Road, Kumeū
buildings that are needed to provide basic services.
Warkworth
Deferral
Manukau
1 Baxter Street, Warkworth
Asset recycling
Delaying the building or buying of assets until a later 
Ground floor, Kotuku House, 4 Osterley Way,  
This means letting go of some of our less well used 
time.
Manukau
assets to help pay for new ones that will help us 
Development contributions
deliver better services to the community. Usually 
this means selling assets to somebody else, but 
A charge paid by developers to the council when they 
For opening hours and a list of services available at each service centre,  
sometimes it is possible to instead agree that 
build or subdivide property. The council uses this 
visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
someone else will use the asset for a period of time 
money to help pay for the new assets such as roads, 
before handing it back to us in the future.
pipes and parks that are needed to support the new 
households or businesses that will occupy the new 
Auckland Council or the council
properties that have been developed.
The local government of Auckland established on 
Facilities
1 November 2010. The council is made up of the 
Governing Body, 21 local boards, and the council 
Buildings or other structures used to provide services 
organisation (operational staff).
to Aucklanders. 
Auckland Transport
Financial year
The organisation that delivers transport services on 
The year from 1 July to 30 June the following year. 
behalf on the council.
The council budgets and sets rates based on these 
dates rather than calendar years which end on 31 
December.
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4.5 KEY WORD INDEX
General rates
Savings
4.5 Key word index
Paid by all ratepayers to fund general council 
Reducing the amount of money that the council pays 
services.
out in a particular financial year. This could refer to 
Governing Body
being more efficient (paying less money to get the 
same service) or to saving money by delivering less 
The Governing Body is made up of the mayor and 20 
services to the community. It also sometime refers to 
Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) 
Auckland Unlimited   
councillors. It shares its responsibility for decision-
spending money later than we previously planned.
2, 44, 82, 85, 86, 88
22, 32, 46
making with the local boards. The Governing Body 
focuses on Auckland-wide strategic decisions.
Targeted rates
Development Contributions 
Funding 
 
Grants and subsidies
A rate that is paid by only a particular group of 
86, 33, 48, 55, 56, 63
1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 
ratepayers or is used to fund only a particular set 
Money that someone pays to the council to cover 
of activities. This is used when the council wants to 
Governing Body 
26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 
(or help cover) the cost of providing a service to 
make sure that those ratepayers who benefit from an 
44, 45, 82, 83, 85, 86
62, 63, 64 
Aucklanders.
activity pay for it (as opposed to spreading the cost 
General Rates 
Investment    
Sometimes grants also refers to money the council 
across all ratepayers) or where the council wants 
1, 2, 6, 11, 19, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 35, 55, 89
1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 
pays to a community organisation to provide services 
to make sure that money collected for a particular 
21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 
to Aucklanders, rather than council providing those 
purpose is only spent for that purpose.
Rates   
34, 39, 43, 45, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 
services directly.
Transport
1, 6, 11, 15. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 
62, 64, 65
Local boards
Local roading, parking and public transport services 
29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 47, 53, 55, 56, 57, 
There are 21 local boards, which represent their local 
provided for Aucklanders. These services are usually 
61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 72, 88, 89
City Rail Link   
communities and make decisions on local issues and 
provided by Auckland Transport, except for the City 
9, 32, 59
Targeted Rates 
 
services.
Rail Link project which is delivered separately in 
1, 15, 26, 35, 47, 64, 65, 87
Māori outcomes/mana outcomes 
Operating budget or operating expenditure
partnership with central government.
6, 16, 17, 82
Money that the council spends on providing 
Waste
Savings 
 
services in the current financial year, as opposed to 
Generally refers to household and business rubbish, 
1, 2, 6, 11, 24, 61
Debt   
9, 10, 11, 25, 27, 32, 33, 34, 48, 49, 54, 55, 
building things that will provide services for years 
along with recycling and things like food scraps which 
Water quality  
to come. This includes spending money on staff 
can be reused for other purposes.
57, 58
1, 6, 15, 19, 29, 30, 65 
and contractors to do things like process building 
Watercare
Priorities  
 
consents, open libraries, run buses and maintain 
Climate Change 
 
Watercare Services Limited, the organisation that 
14, 16, 20 
parks. It also includes things like paying grants to 
1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 
community organisations and paying interest on 
provides water supply and waste water services to 
Aucklanders.
58, 62  
Assets 
money the council has borrowed.
1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 
Natural Environment  
 
Eke Panuku Development Auckland
27, 32, 35, 39, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 
1, 6, 8, 15, 23, 30, 64, 65
The organisation that provides property 
52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64,, 66, 68, 72
management and development services to the 
council and Aucklanders.
Rates
A tax against the property to help fund services and 
assets that the council provides.
Revenue or income
Money that the council receives (or is due to receive) 
to pay for the cost of providing services to Auckland. 
Cash revenue specifically refers to the money 
received during the year, and excludes things like 
postponed rates which will be received later.
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