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In late 2017, a three-year Auckland Council pilot project was established to trial ways of giving the Waiheke Local Board – and by extension, the Waiheke community – greater influence over the decisions that affect life on the island. As part of the pilot project, an online survey was undertaken among Waiheke Island residents in April 2018. The survey was designed to identify the main issues that residents are concerned about, and to explore how well they feel the Waiheke Local Board, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport (AT) are addressing these issues.

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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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For ten years, The Salvation Army has offered the State of the Nation reports to track the social and economic trends that affect our country. To acknowledge the milestone of ten years, we have compiled our list of what we consider the ten important social trends of the past ten years. We suggest that these trends could help inform a new conversation we should have as New Zealanders around the social progress we value and, from this, the society we would like to create.

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Background Te Tiriti o Waitangi (“Te Tiriti”) Audit (“the audit”) directly supports the second aspect of the Independent Māori Statutory Board’s (“IMSB”) purpose as it assesses the performance of the Auckland Council Group (herein referred to as “the Council” and including the Governing Body, Auckland Council organisation, Local Boards and CCOs) in acting in accordance with statutory references to Te Tiriti and statutory responsibilities to Māori Tāmaki Makaurau. More detail on role and purpose of the IMSB and the audit is in Appendix A. The scope of any audit is a matter for the IMSB to determine, the major driver being a consideration of those legislative requirements or statutory references that, if not complied with, would have high negative impact to Māori including those where there is increased likelihood of non-compliance or gaps in existing organisational processes.

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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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Te Pou o Kāhu Pōkere Ngā Wāhanga o te Mātātaki reflect the stages that Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei go through when laying a challenge. This is commonly referred to as a wero. This document is a wero, a challenge, to work together to better understand the views, perspectives and priorities of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in relation to resource management matters.

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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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This is the second five-year report prepared under section 34 of the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008 (the Act). This report compiles data about the heritage features within the heritage area. It goes on to determine whether there have been changes in the state of those heritage features (both improvement and decline).

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The Waitākere Ranges heritage area is of national, regional, and local significance and the heritage features described in section 7 of the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008 (the Act) individually and collectively contribute to its significance. Section 34 of the Act requires the council to monitor at five yearly intervals: • the state of the environment of the heritage area • the progress made towards achieving the objectives of the Act • the funding impact from activities to be undertaken to give effect to the Act. This is the second report to be prepared under the Act.

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The Auckland Council operates a long-term state of the environment river water quality monitoring programme throughout the region. This report provides a summary of the data collected during 2016. This data can be used as evidence to inform policy, management strategies, monitoring objectives and trend analysis.

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Soil moisture is a fundamental part of the hydrological cycle, linking hydrological, biological and biochemical processes. Information on soil moisture status is of interest to farmers because soil water balances are important for irrigation, effluent application, drainage, livestock grazing management, seed sowing and agronomy. The information is also important to climate scientists and hydrologists for climate projections as well as flood warning and drought modelling and monitoring.

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A review of long-term bathing beach monitoring data from Auckland Council’s (AC) Safeswim programme revealed a pattern of poor water quality due to microbiological contamination along the northern Manukau Harbour coastline. Following initial investigations within the wider northern Manukau Harbour catchment, French (Otitori) Bay, Wood Bay and Titirangi Beach were chosen for detailed investigation into potential sources of contamination within their respective coastal environments. Fourteen sites across the three catchments were sampled over a total of 12 occasions, comprising four occasions between March and April 2015 and eight occasions between March and May 2016.