Our Annual Plan explains how we intend to finance activities and services each year from 1 July to 30 June. A draft is made available to the community every February/March.
Find out more about our Long-Term Plans
The 2026/27 work programme will align closely with what was set out in Year 3 of the Long-Term Plan 2024–34, so there is no need for formal consultation
While this draft Annual Plan doesn’t propose major changes from our Long‑Term Plan, we want to hear from you.
The focus is on keeping rates increases as low as possible, while continuing to deliver across our three core services:
Mahere ā Tau | Annual Plan 2025/26 was adopted by the Council on Wednesday, 25 June 2025.
The community provided feedback between 28 February and 3 April 2025, and hearings were held in May before the Council deliberated in June.
We asked the community what they thought about:
We also asked about a few changes we were proposing to resource consent deposits and staff charges.
Read the latest update from Chair Craig Pauling on the 2025/26 Annual Plan adoption.
Council has officially adopted the 2025/26 Annual Plan after thorough public consultation and council deliberations reflecting community input.
Council will consider adopting the Annual Plan 2025/26 in late June, which will include changes to the public transport work programme.
