The Auckland Urban Development Office delivers urban regeneration in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland.
We work in many locations across Tāmaki Makaurau to deliver urban regeneration. Urban regeneration is the planning of neighbourhoods and improvement of buildings to strengthen communities and the economy in order to make it an even better place to live.
Who we areLatest News
- Manukau
- Opportunity
- Urban regeneration
- Development
- News
- Development
Drury - connecting Auckland
01/10/2025
- City Centre
- Urban regeneration
- Development
Former Bledisloe carpark - interim use
29/09/2025
- Pukekohe
- News
- Urban regeneration
- Sustainability
- Avondale
- News
- News
Head of Development Appointment
17/09/2025
- Northcote
- News
- Urban regeneration
Northcote’s future starts here
08/09/2025
- Northcote
- News
- Urban regeneration
Northcote - read all about it
02/09/2025
Partnering with mana whenua
Auckland Council recognises iwi and hapū have a strong historical association with Tāmaki Makaurau. Mana whenua have occupied this whenua (land) over many generations, and they seek to maintain their relationship with the land and sea.
Thriving town centres
As the urban regeneration agency for Tāmaki Makaurau, our focus is on strengthening and growing communities around thriving town centres.
Key neighbourhood projects and events
The latest projects and events from our neighbourhoods.
Northcote’s new community hub and upgrade of Puāwai Cadness Reserve
- Northcote
- In Progress
Hobsonville Point wastewater pump station
- Hobsonville Point, The Airfields
- Complete
- Development
Better Access to a Better Roulston Park – Pukekohe Intersection Upgrades
- Pukekohe
- In Progress
Better Access to a Better Roulston Park – Pukekohe Intersection Upgrades
- Pukekohe
- In Progress
3D-printed marine modules to restore marine life and mauri in Te Waitematā
- Wynyard Quarter
- In Progress
3D-printed marine modules to restore marine life and mauri in Te Waitematā
- Wynyard Quarter
- In Progress
Mixed-use development to breathe new life into under-used Mt Eden site
- Dominion Road and Valley Road
- In Progress
- Urban regeneration
Deconstruction works at 10 Racecourse Parade, Avondale
- Avondale
- Complete
- Urban regeneration
The City Centre Community Safety Action Plan
- City Centre
- In Progress
- Urban regeneration
Te Kaitaka Greenslade Reserve
- Northcote
- Complete
- Urban regeneration
- Sustainability
- Development
Shaping the future of the downtown wharves: Central Wharves Masterplan
- City Centre
- In Progress
Waka Moana Sculpture for Wynyard Quarter
- Wynyard Quarter
- In Progress
- Mana Whenua
- Urban regeneration
Creating a safer, more connected Manukau for walking and cycling
- Manukau
- In Progress
- Sustainability
- Urban regeneration
- Disestablished
- Complete
- In progress
- Events
- Westhaven
- Complete
Westhaven seawall upgrade
March 2024 - May 2025
- Wynyard Quarter
- In Progress
Viaduct Bascule Bridge
March 2025 - June 2025
- Pukekohe
- In Progress
Pukekohe plan
07/06/2022 - 15/08/2022
- Manukau
- Complete
Community whare
05/10/2022
- Panmure
- Complete
Making It Panmure
2022 - 2024
- Takapuna
- Complete
Northcroft Street improvements
October 2021 - June-2024
- Manukau
- Complete
Hayman Park playground
15/03/2022
- Westhaven
- On Hold
Harbour Bridge Park
28/02/2023
- Avondale
- Complete
Crayford Street West upgrades
28/02/2022 - 22/07/2022
INTERESTING FACT: Greenslade reserve in NORTHCOTE can hold and slowly release 12 MILLION LITRES when it floods.
TALL TALE: Hayman Park Play Tower in Manukau at 12.8 meters high, is New Zealand’s TALLEST playground
HISTORIC BRIDGE: Installed in 1932, the Viaduct BASCULE BRIDGE is one of the few bridges of its type in the WORLD.
INTERESTING FACT: Over 90% of materials from deconstructing Northcote’s NORMAN KING BUILDING were reused or rehomed.