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Several teams across the council are responsible for our research and evaluation programmes.
Ā mātou rauemi rangahau, arotake hoki Our research and evaluation resources
Engineering, Assets and Technical Advisory Department
Environmental Evaluation and Monitoring Unit (EEMU)
- Air, Land and Biodiversity Team
- Hydrology and Environmental Data Management Team
- Water Quality Team.
Policy Department
Strategic Advice and Research Unit
- Land Use Research and Evaluation Team
- Social and Economic Research and Evaluation Team
- Strategic Advice Team.
Our programmes
The teams from the Engineering, Assets and Technical Advisory Department and the Policy Department manage our research, monitoring, evaluation and reporting programmes.
These programmes produce evidence-based information that we use to develop, implement and evaluate policies, as Auckland grows.
Knowledge Auckland website
The wider community can also access our research results and publications through the Knowledge Auckland website.
This website provides research, information, analysis and data about Auckland's:
- communities
- economy
- environment.
Knowledge Auckland also hosts publications and research resources from other research organisations, including:
- other councils
- central government departments
- universities.
Technical reports on Knowledge Auckland
Technical reports and technical publications are published on Knowledge Auckland. They are identified by a report number (for example: TR2018/001, TP108).
The best way to identify and find a report is to enter a report number in the search box.
Finding information on the environment
The Environmental Evaluation and Monitoring Unit teams monitor and report on:
- the state of Auckland's environment
- emerging environmental trends.
This information contributes to New Zealand's national environmental monitoring programme.
You can access this information for free using our Environmental Data Portal.
Email environmentaldata@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz for facts and figures about rainfall, water or air quality.
Other specialist websites
Auckland Counts – for Auckland's census data.
Auckland economic profile – for information about Auckland's economy.
More information
To find out more about research projects and technical publications, send questions to research@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.