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The Auckland Plan explained The Auckland Plan is our long-term spatial plan to ensure Auckland grows in a way that will meet the opportunities and challenges of the future. ​It outlines the big issues facing Auckland and recommends the way in which Aucklanders and others involved in the future of Auckland can best respond to them. The Development Strategy and six outcomes look ahead to 2050.

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Te Puni Kōkiri measures a range of outcomes that fall within Whakapapa (te reo Māori and connection to iwi), Oranga (whānau well-being and whānau housing), Whairawa (whenua and whanaketanga), and Whanaungatanga (Crown-Māori relationships). This publication provides an insight into the growth and development of Māori within these outcomes in the Tāmaki Mākaurau region. See also Te Puni Kōkiri.

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Since 2008, the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), coordinated by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has conducted the Survey of Adult Skills (‘the survey’) in 32 countries. The survey measures a range of skills and competencies, namely literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments, that are regarded as necessary for working-age adults (16 to 65 years) to be able to fully integrate and participate in the labour market, education and training, and their social and civic life. The survey was undertaken in New Zealand in 2014.

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In November 2017 a new and improved Safeswim water quality reporting programme was launched in Auckland. An evaluation of the new Safeswim programme reveals changes to the programme had a number of positive impacts on beach users’ awareness and behaviour: Awareness of Safeswim and regular usage of the website has increased notably. Awareness that it is sometimes unsafe to swim due to pollution is high and has increased since November 2017.

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An overview and staff list for the Auckland Council Research and Evaluation Unit, RIMU.

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This report details the extent to which Aucklanders engage with the arts, and their attitudes towards the arts. Engagement includes both attendance at six different art forms and and active participation in these arts forms. The art forms include: • Visual arts • Literary arts • Craft and object art • Pacific arts • Performing arts • Māori arts.

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Creative New Zealand takes a lead on providing research for the arts sector. Since 2005, Creative New Zealand has conducted research to measure New Zealanders engagement with the arts. The research comprises two separate surveys (one of adults aged 15+; and one of young people aged 10-14).

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The April 2018 edition of the Auckland Council Research and Evaluation Unit's newsletter. Articles: Auckland Council's marine monitoring programme Constructing Auckland Consumption-based emissions Gender-responsive transport Kaipara Harbour sediment mitigation study  .

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The State of the Nation report this year is the eleventh report The Salvation Army’s Social Policy Parliamentary Unit has completed. New Zealand as a nation has changed in many ways over this time and each of these reports have served as markers along the way. In this report, we have analysed the 2017 year, measuring the key social indicators, as previously, but we have also endeavoured to look back over 10 years to provide an indicator of social progress over a more extended period of time.

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Northland Regional Council (NRC) with support from Auckland Council (AC) and Ministry for the Environment (MfE) have contracted a consortium led by Streamlined Environmental Ltd and consisting of Streamlined Environmental, Landcare Research, NIWA, and the University of Otago, to conduct the Kaipara Harbour Sediment Mitigation Study (KHSMS). The first objective of the KHSMS is to develop a catchment economic model for use in assessing the economic costs and environmental benefits of a range of scenarios for mitigating sediment losses to rivers and estuaries within the Kaipara Harbour catchment. The second aim of the Study is to develop a management tool for use in formulating consistent farm-scale sediment mitigation plans.

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The land use capability (LUC) classification describes eight classes of land across New Zealand1. The versatility of the land decreases as you move from LUC class 1 through the scale towards class 8. LUC class 1 land is defined as being highly versatile with negligible physical limitations for arable or rural farming use, whereas LUC class 8 is classified as land which has very severe to extreme physical limitations making it unsuited to agricultural, horticultural or plantation forestry use.

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New Zealand local government elections take place every three years by postal vote. Auckland Council is responsible for ensuring all eligible Aucklanders can participate in the city’s elections. With a voter turnout of less than 40 per cent (38.