Our Future Auckland

What's great about Auckland | Community outcomes | The document

Overview

What are community outcomes?

Picture of a man talking to a group of children. Auckland City Council has a responsibility under the Local Government Act 2002 to find out what things the community thinks are 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.

How they were identified

We have used surveys, focus groups and meetings with community organisations and interest groups (including Maori, 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 has been taken into account as part of this process.

How they are organised

The community outcomes have been organised into the four areas of community well-being defined in the Local Government Act 2002:

cultural
economic
environmental
social.

Through the consultation process, the public identified 21 outcomes as important for Auckland's future. The outcomes considered by the public to be the highest priority were:

Auckland is safe
Aucklanders have real transport choices
Auckland is interesting and enjoyable.

How they will be achieved

Creating the Auckland we all want involves everyone including individuals, community groups, businesses, Maori, local authorities and government agencies. The council will play an important part in this process but may not always have an active role.

In some areas, such as transport, organisations like the Auckland Regional Transport Authority, Transit New Zealand and Land Transport New Zealand will play the leading role. Where it can make a difference, the council will work with other groups and organisations to achieve the community outcomes in a coordinated and efficient way.

Monitoring progress

The council is responsible for monitoring progress made towards achieving community outcomes, and it will decide with other groups and organisations the best way to measure this progress.

At least once every three years we will report to the community on the progress that has been made.

What's next?

Many organisations will play a role in achieving community outcomes. Our work will include activities that contribute towards achieving community outcomes. This contribution will be described in our 2006-2016 long-term council community plan (LTCCP) for Auckland city. We will also say in our LTCCP how we are working with other local and regional organisations, Maori, central and local government, and the private sector to make progress on achieving community outcomes.

From time to time, we will publish action plans to let people know what the organisations involved are doing to achieve these 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.