Auckland Council’s Governance Manual is an online, searchable guide to how the Auckland Council makes decisions.
This section gives a broad overview of Auckland Council and explains how its various structures fit together.
Information relevant to elected members’ individual responsibilities rather than their collective role.
The Mayor is elected Auckland-wide. Under the legislation that established Auckland Council, the Mayor...
Auckland Council’s governance is shared between the governing body (the mayor and 20 councillors) and the 21 local boards.
Auckland Council’s governance is shared across the governing body and local boards.
The Independent Māori Statutory Board acts to ensure Auckland Council takes the view of Māori in Tāmaki...
Auckland Council’s advisory panels offer advice on policies, strategic issues...
The roles, responsibilities and delegations of the chief executive and council staff, and the relationship...
What type of decisions the council makes, who makes them, the principles governing them and the procedures...
This chapter outlines the range of services and programmes Auckland Council...
This section outlines the council’s requirements for how it handles official information.
This section sets out how te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of Waitangi applies to the council in a governance context and also discusses the co-governance arrangements, where the council shares governance of resources or assets with another entity. Many of these arrangements have arisen out of Tiriti / Treaty settlements.
This section outlines conventions around elected member involvement in different types of ceremonies and includes an outline of the...
The council obtains legal advice and representation, along with legal professional privilege and litigation.
This section explains what is involved with reorganisation proposals, as well as for reviews of representation...
This section outlines the process for Auckland Council elections, which are held every three years...
