03 August 2023
Official information request No. 8140011887
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
Campbell Larsen
By email
: [email address]
Tēnā koe Campbell
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: Telco Infrastructure
Thank you for your email of 3 May 2023. Your specific request and our response are set out below.
1. What is the total number of tower/ pole/ light or building mounted sites that are currently in
operation on land controlled by Auckland Council.
10 on Tātaki Auckland Unlimited sites
45 on Eke Panuku sites
2. How many new sites proposed for Auckland Council land that are not yet in operation is
Auckland Council aware of/ have applications for.
1 (one) for East Stand at Mt Smart Stadium
3. How many existing sites have upgrade applications or notifications in with Council.
0 (Zero) Currently
4. How long is the lease term for existing sites and what is the average lease fee/ administration
fee per site.
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited sites (10)
Facility Name
Lessee
Lease Start Date
Lease renewal due
Mt Smart Stadium
Spark New Zealand Trading Ltd - MSS
31/10/2014
30/10/2020
Mt Smart Stadium
Kordia Limited
01/04/2017
31/03/2022
Mt Smart Stadium
Vodafone New Zealand Ltd C/- Colliers International
28/07/2015
27/07/2025
New Zealand Maritime Museum
Spark
01/08/2014
28/02/2027
New Zealand Maritime Museum
Vodafone NZ Ltd
15/02/2017
31/03/2027
North Harbour Stadium
Spark New Zealand Trading Ltd - NHS
01/06/2018
31/05/2024
North Harbour Stadium
Kordia Limited
01/04/2018
31/03/2023
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Vodafone New Zealand Ltd
North Harbour Stadium
C/- Colliers International
01/03/2019
24/02/2024
Western Springs Stadium
Spark New Zealand Trading Ltd - WSS
01/09/2015
31/08/2021
Vodafone New Zealand Ltd
Western Springs Stadium
C/- Colliers International
28/07/2015
27/07/2025
TAU’s lease ‘initial’ terms are mostly between 4-6 years, though some agreements are for 10 years.
The leases with shorter terms generally have renewal clauses which allows the parties to extend the
leases once or twice more, typically for the same ‘initial’ duration.
The fee information is commercially sensitive. TAU has only 4 sites with a telco cellular antennas or
satellite on floodlight poles, therefore disclosing even the average fee may potentially jeopardise
any future lease negotiations with the suppliers.
Eke Panuku Sites (45)
The term of Eke Panuku managed telecommunications licences range from 3 months to 30 years,
typically with initial terms of 4-6 years with several rights of renewal of similar term. In many cases
these are the terms granted by the previous owner of the site and inherited by Eke Panuku when
the site was purchased.
New telecommunication licences negotiated by Eke Panuku wil generally have terms of 5 years
with no rights of renewal, with some variation if required for site specific circumstances.
The range of fees for the 45 Eke Panuku telco sites is $0 to $28,400 + GST per annum.
The average fee for the 45 Eke Panuku telco sites is $10,148.80.
Decisions relating to the information contained in this response (q’s 1-4) was made by
Paul Tyler,
General Manager Property, for
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited sites, and
a senior manager with the
delegated authority from the Chief Executive of Eke Panuku.
5. How many proposed tower/ pole/ light/ building mounted site proposals or installation designs
have been modified by Auckland Council. Please include the details of the initial proposed
locations or designs and the final locations or designs as put forward by Auckland Council.
We are unable to respond to this portion of the request under Section 17(e) of the Local
Government Of icial Information and Meetings Act 1987, where the information requested
does not exist.
6. Was there any design review process to optimise the look of the tower/ pole/ streetlight and
building mounted towers to minimise the impact on visual amenity. If so can you please
provide the details of this process, and explain how the current grey cylinder look was
decided upon.
We are unaware of who designed the ‘current grey cylinder’ and there is no set Auckland
Council review process. In the majority of cases, the telcos were in place on the land when
the land was purchased by Auckland Council
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7. What affected party notification process does the Council undertake in relation to sites on
land controlled by it, or sites on land controlled by a CCO or private landowner i.e.,
Notification of Council or/ Local Board/ Resident or Ratepayer. Please provide details of this.
The is no set notification process. As mentioned above most of the telco installation existed
on the land prior to Auckland Council purchasing the property or the property is otherwise
transferred to Eke Panuku.
The decision by
Eke Panuku to release the information contained in this response (q’s 5-7)was
made by
a senior manager with the delegated authority from the Chief Executive of Eke
Panuku.
Should you believe Auckland Council has not responded appropriately to your request, you have the
right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of the LGOIMA, to apply to the Ombudsman to seek
an investigation and review of the decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any further queries, please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting official information request
number 8140011887.
Ngā mihi
Angela Hare
Senior Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Governance Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 | aucklandcouncil.govt.nz | Ph 09 301 0101
