LONG-TERM PLAN 2015-2025

CONSULTATION UPDATE

#4_2 MAR 2015

This report provides a weekly snapshot across the three key feedback channels for consultation on the 10-year
budget: Written feedback; Digital activity; and Have Your Say events. Information is preliminary only and likely to
shift as further feedback is received and coded.

1. Written feedback to date

Submissions received and processed at 5pm, 1 March 2015:
Submissions entered to 5pm, 1 Mar 2015

Submission type

Total submissions entered*

6320

Online form

35%

Total submissions coded to topics

Long-term Plan 2012-2022 comparison

5555

Posted form

51%

Emailed scanned form

10%

Total submissions entered**

3019
* 6,296 individuals, remainder are businesses/groups

Other

4%

** The 2012-2022 data has been smoothed to match the longer 7.5 week length of the 2015-2025 consultation period.

Summary of demographic information provided for submissions to date:

GENDER

AGE

Male

3546

62%

< 15

13

< 1%

Female

2181

38%

15 24

237

4%

25 34

709

12%

226

4%

35 44

1012

18%

4640

80%

45 54

1088

19%

Maori

214

4%

55 64

1044

18%

Pacific

148

3%

65 74

1079

19%

Asian

331

6%

75 +

502

9%

41

1%

186

3%

Kiwi
European

African/Middle Eastern/Latin
Other

Submissions by local board area identified:

CENTRAL

WEST

NORTH

Local Board

Total submissions

Rodney Local Board

381

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

536

Upper Harbour Local Board

248

Kaipatiki Local Board

405

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board

357

Henderson-Massey Local Board

286

Waitakere Ranges Local Board

275

Whau Local Board

273

Waitemata Local Board

374

Albert-Eden Local Board

503

Puketapapa Local Board

139

Orakei Local Board

510

Local Board

Total submissions

OTHER

SOUTH

Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board

294

Great Barrier Local Board

15

Waiheke Local Board

53

Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board

112

Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board

78

Howick Local Board

478

Manurewa Local Board

151

Papakura Local Board

148

Franklin Local Board

272

Regional

42

Outside Auckland

19

Not Supplied

371

Feedback on specific questions (for submissions coded to date):

The graphs below give an illustration of responses to the consultation questions.
Q1a Investing in Auckland (agree with 3.5%
programme?)
(5204 responses)

Q1b Level of rates increase supported

(1780 responses)

Q1b Investing in Auckland

This graph represents the number
of comments suggesting where
Council should spend more or
spend less in relation to the
relevant high-level activity areas.

Q2a Preferred transport option

(4907 responses)

Q2b Preferred transport funding option

(4848 responses)

Q2c Areas for transport focus

This graph represents the
number of comments
suggesting areas that
Auckland Transport
should focus on, or not.

Q3 Development Auckland
(4930 responses)

Q4 UAGC
(5128 responses)

5038 responses)

2. Digital activity
Headline stats

This week (20-26 Feb)

ShapeAuckland LTP
pages
Social media

Transport video

In total (since 23 Jan)

5,397 visits, with 6,263 pages viewed

(multiple pages viewed in a visit)

485 mentions
251 uses of hashtag
138 eligible submissions

4,300 Facebook views

2,127 YouTube views

38,377 visits, with 46,462 pages

viewed (multiple pages viewed in a
visit)
1898 mentions
693 uses of hashtag: potential reach
on Twitter of over 2.1m
427 eligible submissions
6,427 views (launched 23 Jan)

The transport video launched this week and the social media outreach program has gained momentum, resulting
in good pick up in the online LTP conversation this week. The community is getting well-practised at using the
hashtag (#LTP2015), resulting in 138 eligible submissions via social media this week.

Volume of online conversation over last seven

days

54% jump in volume of LTP

conversation
159% jump in use of
#LTP2015 hashtag

In terms of what the conversation is about, we can now see individual topics coming through: motorway,
libraries, rates and choice are all frequently used words per this weeks conversation cloud below. Discussion
peaked at times around the living wage and our Have Your Say events.

Motorway

Libraries

Transport

Rates

This coming week the main theme for digital activity will be continue to be transport, supported by the Auckland
Conversations event on 2 March, and a blog on the CRL. An online chat will take place on 5 March (7-9pm).

3. Have your say events

Three Have your say events have been held to date:
Saturday 14 February - Waiheke (38 attendees)
Tuesday 17 Feb - Maori (14 attendees)
Thursday 19 Feb - Pacific (70 attendees)
Saturday 21 Feb - Henderson-Massey (13 attendees) and Great Barrier (36 attendees)
Tuesday 24 Feb - Otara-Papatoetoe (9 attendees) and Franklin (30 attendees)
Thursday 26 Feb - Albert-Eden (58 attendees) and Whau (22 attendees)
Saturday 28 Feb - Hibiscus & Bays (100 attendees), Upper Harbour (18 attendees) and Puketapapa (15)
Feedback recorded from each event will feed in to the decision-making process.
Have your Say events coming up over the next week:
Date
Time
Event
Monday 2 Mar

Tuesday 3 Mar

Weds 4 Mar

Thursday 5 Mar

Sat 7 Mar

6-8pm

Ethnic (Town Hall)

3-5; 6.30-8.30

Waitakere Ranges

7-9pm

Orakei

6-8pm

Howick

5.30-7.30pm

Waitemata

3.30-5.30

Mangere-Otahuhu

6-8pm

Howick

6.30-8.30pm

Rodney

10-12; 1-3

Kaipatiki

10-12

Rodney

2-4pm

Youth and Seniors (Town Hall)