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Our local board plan is a three-year strategic plan that guides local board activity, funding and investment decisions. It also influences local board input into regional strategies and plans, including the Auckland Plan (the 30-year vision for Auckland), our 10-year Budget (long-term plan) and the annual budgets.
You can request accessible Word documents of local board plans through our contact centre or by visiting one of our libraries with council services.
The local board agreement sets out the local board's budget and funding for activities and performance measures for the financial year.
Local board agreements are part of the council's budget process. Visit One-year and 10-year budgets to find out more about our budgets.
In December 2024, the Papakura Local Board adopted the Papakura Local Board Emergency Readiness and Response Plan. This plan was developed with Auckland Emergency Management with input from the wider community.
The plan provides people in the Papakura area with advice and information about:
Read the plan, a summary of the plan and our hazard factsheet to learn:
Visit AEM - Local boards for the Papakura Local Board Emergency Readiness and Response Plan.
The Papakura Heritage Interpretation Strategy identifies ways to support our heritage storytelling in the local rohe (area). This includes Drury, Papakura and Takaanini / Takanini.
It highlights the stories and long-term connection of mana whenua to Papakura. It also showcases the diversity and uniqueness that makes Papakura a wonderful place to live in and visit.
Our strategy outlines goals and principles to use in related projects. In it, we identify key themes relevant to our area and outline how and where our stories might be told.
Email papakuralocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz if you have a heritage project that aligns with this strategy and you are seeking local board support.
This plan outlines how Papakura Local Board and council-controlled organisations (CCOs) will work together on community priorities.
The CCOs include:
This plan also creates a framework for reporting progress.
This plan provides guidance on future investment in projects that promote play. It considers projects that are for the wider community and not just limited to playgrounds.
This document identifies how to move forward and lay the foundations for the new Papakura Metropolitan Centre.
Our network plan records the actions needed to deliver a sustainable, high quality, open space network for the Papakura Local Board area.
This document defines the long-term greenways plan for the Papakura Local Board area.
It is intended for use by:
This study helps us make informed choices on playspace development, priority and relevance from a network perspective.
Adopted in September 2019, this concept plan will inform future development of the Hingaia Reserve.
Adopted in August 2018, this concept plan informs the development of Smiths Ave Reserve.
Adopted in March 2019, this concept plan will inform future development of Kauri Heart Reserve (formerly Airfield Reserve).
Adopted in July 2019, this concept plan will inform future development of Keri Downs Park and Carisbrook Reserve.
Adopted in May 2017, this concept plan will inform future development of Opaheke Park.
Adopted in September 2020, this masterplan will inform future development at Drury Sports Park.
Adopted in September 2020, this masterplan will inform future development at Prince Edward Sports Park.
In October 2017 both the Manurewa and Papakura Local Boards adopted the Manurewa Takanini Papakura Integrated Area Plan.
This integrated area plan provides a development framework for Manurewa, Takanini and Papakura over the next 30 years.
This plan reinforces the area's role as the gateway to the south, while protecting and improving each centre.
Five key ideas guide the transformation:
We will monitor the plan and refresh content so it remains relevant to the area's vision.
Visit the Manurewa Takanini Papakura Integrated Area Plan page for more information.
If you cannot find a document you are looking for you can: