Community outcomes 2008 progress report

Overview

Strong, safe, healthy communities
Efficient, affordable transport
Skilled people
A beautiful environment
A creative and vibrant hub
Faith in the future.

These are all qualities that define a successful city. This is the city that Aucklanders say they want to be a part of. By working together now, we have the opportunity to make this a reality in the future.

This report explains where Auckland city is in its journey to becoming the successful city its people want to see. It describes the outcomes that Aucklanders say are most important to them, and the progress made against each of these over the past few years. It highlights areas where the city has done well, and areas where we can do better.

What are community outcomes?

Auckland City Council has a responsibility under the Local Government Act (LGA) 2002 to help the community identify those things it considers important for Auckland's future well-being.

These are called community outcomes and they tell us what we want our city to be like in the future.

Every six years we will ask the community to review and update its community outcomes. In 2005, Aucklanders identified 21 community outcomes. These fall into the four areas of social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being under the LGA 2002, plus leadership. The top six priority outcomes are highlighted below.

Leadership	Social well-being	Economic well-being	Environmental well-being	Cultural well-being

Clear, decisive and informed leadership	Strong and safe communities	Vibrant economy and opportunities for a better future	Attractive and cared for environment	Vibrant culture and enjoyable lifestyle

Aucklanders have faith in the future	Auckland is safe	Aucklanders have real transport choices	Auckland is well cared for	Auckland is interesting and enjoyable

Aucklanders trust in leadership	Auckland has successful neighbour-hoods	Aucklanders have the right work skills	Auckland is beautiful and clean	Aucklanders welcome diversity

Aucklanders participate	Aucklanders have affordable housing options	Auckland is a great place for business	Auckland has a distinctive identity	Auckland is creative and vibrant

Aucklanders work together	Aucklanders are healthy	Auckland has a thriving CBD and dynamic local centres	Hauraki Gulf islands have a unique identity

	Auckland has strong communities

	Aucklanders have opportunities to learn

How they were identified

Auckland City Council used surveys, focus groups and meetings with community organisations and interest groups (including Māori, central government, community groups, other local authorities, volunteer organisations and business groups) to identify the community outcomes.

The Treaty of Waitangi and other relevant legislation was taken into account as part of this process.

How do we help to make progress on the community outcomes?

Creating the Auckland we all want involves everyone, including individuals, community groups, businesses, Māori, local authorities and government agencies.

The community outcomes belong to the whole community, not just any one organisation.

We are working together with stakeholder and community partners to make progress on those things Aucklanders have said are important to them. View a list of key organisations who support the community outcomes.

View examples of how the council, community groups and partnering organisations are working toward Auckland city's six top priority outcomes:

For examples of how iwi have been involved in progress on community outcomes see:

Why monitor progress?

We, as the council are responsible for monitoring progress on the community outcomes every three years.

Here you can view the 2008 progress report towards achieving Auckland city's community outcomes.

This report tells us how Auckland city is performing against the community's desired outcomes.

In 2012, there will be a final progress report, at which time we will ask the community to review the set of outcomes to see if they are still relevant or need to be updated.

What's next?

The 2008 progress report helps to highlight where we might want to focus our cooperative efforts in continuing to work towards the community outcomes.

Our 10-year plan 2009-2019 will describe what the council's priorities are for the next ten years and how our activities contribute towards achieving community outcomes. We will also say in our Ten Year Plan how we are working with other local and regional organisations, Māori, central and local government, and the private sector to make progress on achieving community outcomes.

Getting involved

Community outcomes belong to everyone in Auckland city - we all have a part to play in creating the place we want Auckland to be. If you want to find out how you and your local community can get involved contact us.

Published January 2009