The Waitematā Urban Ngahere Action Plan provides the Waitematā Local Board’s goals, objectives and actions in relation to the assessment, protection, management and development of the urban forest within the Waitematā local board area that includes the city centre. The Action Plan is established in accordance with Auckland’s Urban Ngahere (Forest) Strategy, which identifies the following benefits from Auckland’s urban ngahere. The Action Plan identifies that the existing tree canopy cover in the city centre is approximately 10%, and the total canopy cover in the Waitematā local board area is 19 per cent.
Waitematā Urban Ngahere Action Plan 2019
