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Ngā mahere, whakaaetanga me ngā rīpoata mō Puketāpapa Puketāpapa plans, agreements and reports
Puketāpapa Local Board Plan
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 One-year and 10-year Budgets (long-term and annual plans).
Get a copy of the current plan
Get a copy of the previous plan
You can request accessible Word documents of local board plans through our contact centre or by visiting one of our libraries with council services.
Puketāpapa Local Board Agreement (budget)
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.
Get a copy of the local board agreement
Te Māhere-ā-tākaro ō Puketāpapa 2025 / Puketāpapa Play Plan 2025
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.
Get a copy of the plan
Puketāpapa Sport and Active Recreation Facilities Plan (2024)
The local board adopted the Puketāpapa Sport and Active Recreation Facilities Plan at the end of 2024. The plan aims to:
- provide a detailed overview of the state and quality of sport and active recreation facilities and environments
- identify where community facilities are not provided or need improvement
- set priorities for future investment and development
- provide recommendations for maintaining and improving the facility network.
Puketāpapa Local Board Emergency Readiness and Response Plan
In December 2024, the Puketāpapa Local Board adopted the Puketāpapa 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 Puketāpapa area with advice and information about:
- local hazards
- preparing for emergencies
- responding during emergencies.
Read the plan, a summary of the plan and our hazard factsheet to learn:
- how to prepare for an emergency
- what you and your family should do in an emergency
- who to contact to report a problem
- how to respond to different hazards in your area.
Visit AEM - Local boards for the Puketāpapa Local Board Emergency Readiness and Response Plan.
Puketāpapa Local Board — Joint CCO Engagement Plan 2021-2022
This plan outlines how Puketāpapa Local Board and council-controlled organisations (CCOs) will work together on community priorities.
This plan also creates a framework for reporting progress.
Get a copy of the plan
Puketāpapa Urban Ngahere Action Plan 2021
The Puketāpapa Urban Ngahere Action Plan aims to recognise and replenish Tāmaki Makaurau’s urban ngahere (forest).
Get a copy of the plan
Accessibility in Parks Assessment (2018)
This assessment outlines principles of universal design for inclusion in future park development to ensure access for all and key opportunities to improve some of the most important parks within Puketāpapa.
Activating Parks for Diverse Cultural Communities (2018)
This document investigates how the diverse communities of Puketāpapa currently engage with their local parks and identifies opportunities for how we could improve them in the future.
Becoming a low carbon community: An action plan
Puketāpapa Local Board has drafted a localised carbon reduction plan, supporting the ten year Energy Resilience and Low Carbon Action Plan. The plan aims to reduce greenhouse emissions locally.
Get a copy of the plan
Drinking Fountain Provision Assessment (2019)
This assessment maps the current network of drinking fountains within Puketāpapa and presents a prioritised list for future expansion.
Fruit Trees Network Plan (2020)
This plan maps the provision of fruit trees and community gardens across Puketāpapa, identifying principles and guidelines for where and how these could be provided in the future.
Healthy Puketāpapa Action Plan
The Puketāpapa Action Plan aims to create an environment that supports and encourages healthy behaviours. By addressing the drivers of social disadvantage, everyone will have a fair opportunity to reach their full health potential.
Get a copy of the plan
Heritage studies
The Waikōwhai Heritage Study is a way to encourage and revitalise public use and appreciation of an area that has historically been misused and damaged by poor waste management practices.
The board is developing a walkway along the coastline of the northeastern shoreline of the Manukau Harbour and this heritage study is designed to support that project and people’s perception and value of the area.
The Three Kings Heritage Study is designed to assist with the understanding of mana whenua associated with Te Tatua a Tiukiuta and the wider heritage environment that encompasses the Three Kings Precinct Plan.
Play Provision Assessment (2021)
This assessment maps the provision of formal playspaces across Puketāpapa, including the size, experiences provided and the age range of equipment. It identifies opportunities to improve the network, given the context of rapid population growth and funding constraints.
Public Toilet Provision Assessment (2019)
This assessment maps the current network of public toilet facilities within Puketāpapa and presents a prioritised list for future expansion.
Puketāpapa Greenways Plan
The Puketāpapa Greenways Plan 2012 outlines a high-level vision for the development of a 'Greenways Network'.
The plan identifies a local network of interconnecting greenways. It is based on the three unique and defining landscape threads within the Puketāpapa Local Board area: volcanoes, streams and coastline.
The greenways network uses these landscapes, as well as the existing State Highway 20 cycleway, parks and coastal walkways within the area.
Greenways Plan review 2017
In 2017, the local board produced a report looking back on the implementation of the 2012 plan, and the development of the Puketāpapa greenways.
Get a copy of the review and the plan
Puketāpapa Local Board Road Naming Guidelines
The Puketāpapa Local Board Road Naming Guidelines is an addition to the Road naming guidelines by applicants in the local board area.
Seating Network Plan (2020)
The Seating Network Plan maps the provision of seating and picnic tables across Puketāpapa, identifying principles for when these should be provided and opportunities to improve the network.
Shade/Shelter Provision Assessment (2019)
This assessment presents a rationale for where to invest in shade and shelter, including both formal shade like shade-sails or shelters and natural shade provided by trees.
Te Auaunga Oakley Creek Vision and Restoration Strategy (2016)
This strategy outlines our vision to restore and celebrate the Te Auaunga Oakley Creek catchment.
Te Auaunga Tohu Implementation Plan (2019)
The plan outlines the first stage of implementation of the tohu (sign) to increase public awareness and engagement with the awa within Puketāpapa.
Three Kings Plan
In August 2014, Puketāpapa Local Board published The Three Kings Plan — Te Tātua o Riu-ki-uta through consultation with the community, iwi, major landowners, and other stakeholders.
The Three Kings Plan will:
- guide development of Three Kings as a well-connected place for people
- protect, enhance and celebrate its unique heritage
- help create a vibrant town centre.
See Three Kings Plan for more information.
Waikōwhai Walkway Action Plan (2018)
The plan updates the Manukau Coastal Walkway Development Plan (2015), outlining key priorities for future walkway renewals and upgrades and the development of new walkway connections.
Puketāpapa local parks concept plans
Puketāpapa Local Board has outlined the 10-year-vision for the future development of several local parks.
Welcoming Puketāpapa
We adopted the Welcoming Puketāpapa plan in December 2024.
The plan aims to make sure new residents in our local board area have a great experience when they move to our area by providing:
- easy access to information about living, working and studying in Auckland and in the Puketāpapa Local Board area
- opportunities to learn about each other’s cultures, shared values and experiences
- opportunities to get involved in community and economic activities in our neighbourhoods and town centres.
We worked with different groups in the community to develop the plan and set out actions to help new residents feel:
- welcome and included
- like they belong
- they can fully contribute to their new community.
Puketāpapa Local Board is an accredited Committed Welcoming Community under the national Welcoming Communities programme led by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and Immigration New Zealand.
Archived documents
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