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

• Economic and Social Research Evaluation Team
• Spatial Analysis and Modelling Team
• Strategic Advice Unit.

The teams manage research, monitoring, evaluation and reporting programmes.

These programmes produce evidence-based information that we use to develop, implement and evaluate policy, as Auckland grows.

The wider community can also access our research results and publications through the Knowledge Auckland website.

Knowledge Auckland website

We share research about Auckland on the Knowledge Auckland website.

Here you will find research, information, analysis and data about Auckland's:

• communities
• economy
• environment.

Knowledge Auckland also hosts publications and research resources from a variety of 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 of identifying and finding 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.