ANNUALBUDGET2017/2018

FINALUPDATE
Totalsubmissionsreceived:8,058

ThefollowinginformationrelatestoAnnualBudget2017/2018submissionsreceivedandprocessedpriorto7
April2017.Thisincludessubmissionsviaonlineform,hardcopyform,lettersoremails.Pleasenote48
submissionswerereceivedlateandthatfeedbackwasnotcodedforanalysis,howeverthesesubmissionswillstill
beavailableforconsideration.

Processingasat7April2017
Submissionsprocessedbydatereceived Totalsubmissionsprocessed
Submissionsprocessedsince
9000 8053 8058
27March 4,488
8000
Submissionsprocessedtotal 8,058
7000

6000
4776
5000
4000 3377
3000
2000 1484
989
1000 495
989 1893 1399 3277 5
0
5Mar

12Mar

19Mar

26Mar

27Mar

9Apr
27Feb

2Apr
13Mar

20Mar

3Apr
6Mar

Datereceived

HISTORICALCOMPARISONS
ThegraphbelowcomparessubmissionsreceivedtothethreepreviousAnnualBudget/Planconsultations.

AP201718weekly AP201617weekly AP201415weekly AP201314weekly

AP201718total AP201617total AP201415total AP201314total
9000
8053 8058
8000

7000

6000

4776
5000

4000
3377

3000

2000 1484
989
1000

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Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6
AnalysisconductedbyDeanMcIntosh,SeniorConsultationSpecialist 1
CitizenEngagementandInsightsUnit,CommunicationsandEngagementDepartment

DEMOGRAPHICINFORMATION
Thetablesandgraphsonthispageindicatewhatdemographiccategoriespeopleidentifiedwith.This
informationonlyrelatestothosesubmitterswhoprovideddemographicinformation(e.g.5,523peopleoutof
8,058gaveagenderresponse).

GENDER # % Male Female GenderDiverse

Male 2,520 46% 1200
Female 2,985 54%
Genderdiverse 18 <1% 1000
Total 5,523 100%

800

AGE Male Female Diverse Total %

600
<15 20 43 1 66 1%
1524 150 256 4 416 8%
400
2534 247 347 0 608 11%
3544 371 563 5 957 17%
200
4554 425 606 4 1,049 19%
5564 475 539 2 1,026 19%
0
6574 507 434 0 956 17% <15 1524 2534 3544 4554 5564 6574 75+
75+ 267 144 1 426 8%
Total 5,504 100%

ETHNICITY # % 4000
European 3,630 66%
3500
NZEuropean 3,356 61%
OtherEuropean 274 5% 3000

Maori 390 7% 2500

Pacific 395 7%
Samoan 226 4% 2000

Tongan 93 2% 1500
OtherPacific 76 1%
1000
Asian 1,245 23%
Chinese 729 13% 500
Indian 147 3%
0
OtherAsian 369 7%
African/MiddleEastern/Latin 47 1%
Other 136 2%
NewZealander/Kiwi 83 2%
Other 53 1%
Total 5,470 NA*

*Doesnotaddto100%duetosomepeopleselectingmorethanoneethnicity

AnalysisconductedbyDeanMcIntosh,SeniorConsultationSpecialist 2
CitizenEngagementandInsightsUnit,CommunicationsandEngagementDepartment
SUBMISSIONTYPE
256submissions(3%)receivedwerefromorganisations.Thehighnumberofnonformsubmissionsislargelydue
toaproformacampaignfromtheLivingWageAotearoawhogenerated1,903submissionstotheirproforma
submissioninsupportofthelivingwagepolicy.

SUBMISSIONTYPE
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
Onlineform 3,567 44%
Hardcopyform 2,258 28% Onlineform 3567

Nonform* 2,233 28% Hardcopyform 2258

Total 8,058 100%
Nonform 2233
*Feedbackreceivedviaanythingotherthan

aCouncilform(e.g.letter,email,proforma)

SUBMISSIONBYLOCALBOARD
Thetablebelowindicatesthenumberofsubmissionsprocessedbythelocalboardthateachsubmitterlivesin.

LocalBoard Total Percentage

DevonportTakapunaLocalBoard 257 4%
HibiscusandBaysLocalBoard 351 6%
NORTH

KaipatikiLocalBoard 316 5%
RodneyLocalBoard 354 6%
UpperHarbourLocalBoard 218 3%
HendersonMasseyLocalBoard 328 5%
WEST

WaitakereRangesLocalBoard 228 4%
WhauLocalBoard 247 4%
AlbertEdenLocalBoard 482 8%
GreatBarrierLocalBoard 14 <1%
MaungakiekieTamakiLocalBoard 227 4%
CENTRAL

OrakeiLocalBoard 397 6%
PuketapapaLocalBoard 94 2%
WaihekeLocalBoard 54 1%
WaitemataLocalBoard 472 8%
FranklinLocalBoard 198 3%
HowickLocalBoard 463 7%
SOUTH

MangereOtahuhuLocalBoard 211 3%
ManurewaLocalBoard 182 3%
OtaraPapatoetoeLocalBoard 175 3%
PapakuraLocalBoard 152 2%
Regional(i.e.organisationswhoseviewsarenotspecifictoalocalarea) 53 1%
OTHER

NotSupplied(i.e.localboardnotsuppliedandunabletobedetermined) 686 11%

OutsideAuckland 89 1%
TOTAL 8,058 100%

AnalysisconductedbyDeanMcIntosh,SeniorConsultationSpecialist 3
CitizenEngagementandInsightsUnit,CommunicationsandEngagementDepartment
CONSULTATIONQUESTIONS
Thegraphsbelowsummariseresponsestotheconsultationquestions.

Q1.Deliveringourplannedinvestmentsandserviceswillrequireanaverageratesincreaseof2.5percentfor
2017/2018.Ahigherratesincreasewouldenableustodomore,whilealowerratesincreasewouldmeanwe
candoless.Whatdoyouthink?
(5,504responses)

Wehavethebalanceaboutrightwitha2.5per 1%
centratesincrease
Domoreandhaveahigherratesincrease
26%

Dolessandhavealowerratesincrease
57%
Notsure 16%

Othercomment

Q1b.Whatshouldwedomore/lessof?
IfasubmitterselecteddomoreandhaveahigherratesincreasetheywereaskedwhattheythoughtCouncil
shoulddomoreof.Ifasubmitterselecteddolessandhavealowerratesincreasetheywereaskedwhatthey
thoughtCouncilshoulddolessof.TheirresponseswerecodedtoCouncilsactivityareasbelow.
(1,697responses)

Twocommonthemes
Domoreof Dolessof
emergedintheresponseto
600 thisquestion:

500 1. Submittersthought
Councilshoulddomore
400 toimprovetransport

300 2. Submittersthought
Councilshouldreduce
200 thenumberofstaff
and/ortheamount
100 Councilstaffarepaid.
0

AnalysisconductedbyDeanMcIntosh,SeniorConsultationSpecialist 4
CitizenEngagementandInsightsUnit,CommunicationsandEngagementDepartment
 Q2.Thecouncilhasbeenadjustingtheshareof Q3.Thecouncilspends$2030millionontourism
generalratesbetweenbusinessesandresidential promotionandmajoreventseachyear.
ratepayersovertime.Thishasresultedinbusinesses
havingasmallerincreasethanresidentialratepayers. Weareproposingtofundthisfromatargeted
rateonaccommodationprovidersratherthan
Weareproposingthatfor2017/2018bothshould generalrates.Whatdoyouthink?
receivethesameratesincrease.Whatdoyouthink?
(5,564responses) (5,626responses)
Agree Disagree Agree Disagree
Notsure Otheroption Notsure Otheroption
Othercomment 1% Othercomment <1%
2% 2%
11% 11%

20% 21%

66% 66%

Q4.Thecouncilisproposingtochangeourfunding Q5.Thecouncilisproposingtoimplementaliving
policytoallowinfrastructurefornewhousing wagepolicyoverthecounciltermendingOctober
developmentstobefundedbytargetedrates,rather 2019toensureallcouncilstaffcanaffordtypical
thanratepayersacrossAuckland.Whatdoyou livingcosts.Thiswouldbefundedfromsavings
think? withintheexistingbudgets.Whatdoyouthink?
(5,500responses) (7,411responses)
Agree Disagree Agree Disagree
Notsure Otheroption Notsure Otheroption
Othercomment 1% Othercomment <1%
2% 1%
9%
16%

19%
15%
66%
71%

AnalysisconductedbyDeanMcIntosh,SeniorConsultationSpecialist 5
CitizenEngagementandInsightsUnit,CommunicationsandEngagementDepartment
OTHERFEEDBACK
Thetopthemesfromcommentsunrelatedtotheconsultationquestionsareoutlinedbelow.

Rank Theme Topic Comments

1 AucklandDevelopment Homelessness 340
2 Governanceandsupport Regionalgovernanceandorganisationalsupport 231
3 Transport Roads 222
4 Transport Traveldemandmanagement 194
(incl.walking&cycling)
5 Environmentalmanagementandregulation Environmentalservices 142

ADDITIONALFEEDBACKRECEIVEDNOTASPARTOFASUBMISSION
Overall,atotalof42eventswereattendedorheldbyAucklandCouncilacrosstheregionwherebythegeneral
publicandstakeholderorganisationsweregivenopportunitiestoprovidefeedback.Theformatoftheseevents
rangedfromorganisedroundtablediscussionswithelectedmembers,townhallstylemeetingswhereanelected
memberpresentedatopicandheldadiscussionwiththepublic,todropinsessionsatshoppingmallsandstalls
atexistingcommunityeventse.g.Pasifika.Wereceivedfeedbackfrom1,497membersofthepublicor
stakeholderswhoattendedtheseeventsduringtheconsultationperiod.

Atotalof103piecesoffeedbackwerereceivedviasocialmedia,i.e.FacebookandTwitter.Inaddition,nearly60
responseswerereceivedviaUpSouthregardingthelivingwage.

AnalysisconductedbyDeanMcIntosh,SeniorConsultationSpecialist 6
CitizenEngagementandInsightsUnit,CommunicationsandEngagementDepartment