How to write a submission on Auckland Council's budget for Tūpuna Maunga Authority

Both Auckland Council and Tūpuna Maunga Authority are calling for submissions on the budget for the Authority’s 2022/23 Operational Plan.

Although the Authority is a statutory body, the co-governance arrangement with Auckland Council means that it is the Council who must provide (and therefore approve) the Authority’s budgets.

See here for the Authority’s 2022/23 Draft Operational plan. It looks like a big document but is a pretty quick read due to plenty of photos, plus open formatting.

You can provide your feedback by way of written and/or oral submissions to Auckland Council, as part of its wider budget submissions. The deadline for written submissions is 5 pm, Monday 28 March 2022.

See here for ways to make a submission to Auckland Council.

You can also make a submission directly to the Authority. This can be done by way of:

* Making an online submission via the Council’s Have your Say web page. Online submissions close by 5pm on 28 March 2022.
* Emailing your written feedback directly to the Tūpuna Maunga Authority via email to MaungaAuthority@aklc.govt.nz by 5pm on 28 March 2022.

* The Authority will convene a public hui for written submissions commencing 11am, 22 March 2022 by Zoom Video Conference. If you would like to speak to your written submission at this hearing, please email your request and written submission by 5pm, 16 March 2022 to MaungaAuthority@aklc.govt.nz.

Presentations at the hearing will be for a maximum of 10 minutes (including questions), and repetition of submission material should be avoided.

Honour the Maunga’s submission to Auckland Council

Click here to read Honour the Maunga’s written submission to Auckland Council. We will also be giving an oral submission on Monday 14 March.

While you are welcome to use our written submission to inform your own, please do NOT simply copy ours otherwise they will count your submission and ours as one. Your submission doesn’t have to be as long or complex as ours - even a few key bullet points will suffice.