Auckland
Auckland is New Zealand’s fastest-growing region. Its population is likely to reach 2 million in the next 10 to 15 years. It covers the Auckland metropolitan area, smaller towns, rural areas, and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. It has the largest population and economy of any region of New Zealand, but the second smallest land area. Its main centres include Auckland City, Great Barrier Island, Pukekohe, Rangitoto and Waiheke Island.
Size and growth
By 2030, about half of the additional places needed in the national school network will be in Auckland. Widespread planning for long-term growth is ongoing for schools in Auckland to have capacity to successfully meet demand for education beyond 2030. The 20 school catchments in Auckland are expected to experience a mix of high, complex and steady growth over the next 10 years.
Catchment Plans within the National Education Growth Plan
The Auckland region has 20 individual catchment plans within the National Education Growth Plan.
See the Auckland region catchment plans.
What’s been happening in Auckland
| Where | When | What | Details | Consultation |
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| Drury | 2019 |
Proposed new primary school |
Closed | |
| Auckland | 2018 | Auckland Education Growth Plan A collaborative, future-focused strategic initiative to ensure local schools are able to meet the demand of Auckland’s growing population. |
Incorporated into the Auckland catchment plans, within the National Education Growth Plan. | |
| Northcote | 2018 | Hato Petera College Request to cancel integration agreement and close the school. The school has closed. |
Hato Petera College information release | |
| Orewa | 2018 | Orewa College Change to enrolment scheme home zone |
Orewa College re-zoning proposal – OIA response | Closed |
| Takapuna | 2017 | Takapuna Grammar School $26 million redevelopment |
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| Newmarket | 2017 | Newmarket School Construction of new multi-storey classroom block |
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| Mangere | 2017 | Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre $6.9 million construction project |
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| Waterview | 2017 | Waterview School Redevelopment project to upgrade school |
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| Freemans Bay | 2017 | Freemans Bay School Rebuild project to support roll growth and repair leaky buildings |
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| Mangere | 2016 | Te Kura Māori o Ngā Tapuwae Redevelopment of the kura, including relocation to a larger area on the site it shares with South Cross Campus |
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| Papatoetoe | 2016 | Papatoetoe Central School $4.2 million project to build a two-storey classroom block |
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| Bayswater | 2016 | Bayswater School Redevelopment project to accommodate roll growth |
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| Ellerslie | 2016 | Ellerslie School $10.4 million redevelopment project to create a new block of 24 learning spaces |
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| Grey Lynn | 2016 | Grey Lynn School Redevelopment project to accommodate roll growth |
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| Western Springs | 2016 | Western Springs College $75 million redevelopment project, and $4 million upgrade of the Auckland Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC) which is on the same site |
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| Mangere | 2016 | Southern Cross Campus Campus transformation and expansion project |
Your say matters
Our communities are changing all the time. When we work with School Boards to come up with options to meet the demand of students in particular areas, we look at the whole network rather than individual schools.
Planning for future growth, identifying where the best use of space will be, and ensuring all local children and young people can attend their local school, underpins our decisions on options.
Your say in this matters. Sharing your views and listening to each other’s ideas, suggestions and feedback on options through engagement and consultation helps ensure the network of schools is in the best shape to offer quality education opportunities – now and into the future.
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