Kaipātiki Information
Kaipātiki Local Board
The Kaipātiki Local Board Members are your elected local authority representatives.
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About local boards
Local boards provide governance at the local level within Auckland Council. They enable democratic decision-making on behalf of communities within each local board area.
There are 21 local boards with between five and nine members elected to each board. Auckland has a total of 149 local board members.
Local boards:
- Make decisions about local issues, activities and services
- Contribute to regional strategies, policies, plans and decisions.
Responsibilities of local boards
Local boards:
- Adopt local board plans. These set the strategic direction for the local board area every three years in consultation with their communities
- Work with the Governing Body to set local board agreements and annual budgets
- Agree and oversee annual work programmes.
They also:
- Provide local leadership and develop relationships with the community, community organisations and special interest groups in the local area
- Make decisions on local matters, including events, parks, community programmes and local fees and charges
- Oversee facilities in the local board area
- Identify and develop bylaws for their local board area and propose them to the Governing Body
- Identify and communicate the views of local people on regional strategies, policies, plans and bylaws to the Governing Body
- Advise the Governing Body about any regional decisions that affect the local board area
- Make decisions on any additional responsibilities delegated by the Governing Body, such as decisions for regional bylaws
- Contribute to plans and initiatives for council-controlled organisations (CCOs).
Kaipātiki’s suburbs are well established. Northcote and Birkenhead Points are renowned for their built heritage.
There are also a number of heritage sites important to Māori, such as the pā at Stokes Point.
The area has 530ha of reserves and walkways.
The area is ethnically diverse with over a quarter of the population identifying as Asian, approximately 8.5 per cent Māori and just under 6 per cent Pasifika.
Amenities in the Kaipātiki Local Board area
Kaipātiki has three main town centres – Birkenhead, Glenfield and Northcote – complemented by smaller local centres.
Twenty nine per cent of the population work within the board boundary with the Wairau Valley commercial industrial area being one centre of employment.
The North Shore campus of AUT University is located on Akoranga Drive, Northcote.
Major leisure venues include the North Shore Events Centre and the Netball North Harbour complex.
The Chelsea Estate Heritage Park and Sugar Refinery along with Shoal Bay provide stunning coastal views and a cityscape of central Auckland.
Kaipatiki Local Board area map
