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Storm recovery documents

Ngā tuhinga whakaora awha Storm recovery documents

Last updated: 20 October 2025

Our document library will help you get important information about the storm recovery process.

Recovery plans and policies

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Tāmaki Makaurau Recovery Plan PDF 5 MB
Wellbeing Recovery Plan September 2024 PDF 5 MB
Storm Affected Land Use Policy and implementation approach PDF 4 MB

Category handbooks

These handbooks will guide you through the process for your category.

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Category 3 Voluntary Buy-out Support Scheme Homeowner handbook PDF 9 MB
Category 2P Property Risk Mitigation Scheme Homeowner handbook PDF 1 MB

Risk assessment guides

These guides will help you understand how we assess future risk on your property.

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A guide to flood risk assessments PDF 701 KB
A guide to landslide risk assessments PDF 477 KB

Guides for reviewing Recovery Office decisions

Guides to help you understand our storm recovery processes and how you can request a review of a decision.

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A guide to disputing Recovery Office decisions PDF 1 MB
A guide to opting out PDF 390 KB

Terms and guidance documents

We used these agreements to guide our decision-making about storm recovery efforts.

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A guide to reading Recovery Office geotechnical risk assessment reports. PDF 320 KB
Auckland Council property-level flood risk assessment framework PDF 7 MB
Auckland Council Property-level flood risk assessment framework – non-technical overview PDF 253 KB
Categorisation approach PDF 4 MB
Category 2P grant payment process PDF 71 KB
Category 2P timeframe PDF 59 KB
Dispute Resolution Framework PDF 158 KB
Funding agreement – design and consenting grant under 2P scheme PDF 262 KB
Funding agreement - Construction grant under 2P scheme PDF 395 KB
Guidance on the application of Special Circumstances PDF 164 KB
Guidance on the application of Uninsured Individual Circumstances PDF 121 KB
Guidelines for interim use of storm-affected land PDF 2 MB
Information for Category 1 homeowners PDF 3 MB
Information for Category 2C homeowners in Māngere PDF 4 MB
Information for Category 2C homeowners in Māngere PDF 7 MB
Pathway for multi-unit property buy-outs following the 2023 storms PDF 77 KB
Voluntary buy-out support scheme terms PDF 4 MB

Agendas, meeting minutes and workshop notes

These documents will help you understand how we came to our decisions about recovery efforts.

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Recovery response – Storm-affected properties (Workshop, 23 August 2023) PDF 904 KB
Recovery response – Storm-affected properties (Workshop, 20 September 2023) PDF 3 MB
Funding Auckland's storm recovery and resilience (Local board input, September 2023) PDF 331 KB
Funding storm recovery and resilience (Public feedback, September 2023) PDF 300 KB
Recovery response – Considering co-funding package (Political advisory group, 2 October 2023) PDF 3 MB
Consultation feedback - Storm-affected properties (Workshop, 4 October 2023) PDF 509 KB
Consideration of Crown co-funding offer for storm recovery and resilience (Meeting, 6 October 2023) PDF 3 MB
Consideration of Crown co-funding offer for storm recovery and resilience (Agenda, 6 October 2023) PDF 10 MB
Consideration of Crown co-funding offer for storm recovery and resilience (Minutes, 6 October 2023) PDF 197 KB

Arrange your own geotechnical report

These documents will help you arrange your report through a registered geotechnical engineer.

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Letter of engagement PDF 505 KB
Geotechnical engineer report template PDF 556 KB
Guidelines on the use of AGS2007 for landslide risk assessment in Auckland PDF 1 MB

Translated documents

Translated categorisation factsheets

Categorisation factsheets in English, Hindi, Korean, Samoan, simplified Chinese, te reo Māori and Tongan.

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Categorisation factsheet in English PDF 1 MB
Categorisation factsheet in Hindi PDF 251 KB
Categorisation factsheet in Korean PDF 389 KB
Categorisation factsheet in Samoan PDF 228 KB
Categorisation factsheet in simplified Chinese PDF 276 KB
Categorisation factsheet in te reo Māori PDF 304 KB
Categorisation factsheet in Tongan PDF 236 KB

Navigator support information

Translation guides featuring Navigator support information in Tongan, simplified Chinese, Samoan, Korean, Hindi and te reo Māori.

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Navigator support information in Tongan PDF 100 KB
Navigator support information in simplified Chinese PDF 136 KB
Navigator support information in Samoan PDF 102 KB
Navigator support information in Hindi PDF 123 KB
Navigator support information in Māori PDF 103 KB
Navigator support information in Korean PDF 123 KB
Navigator support information in Japanese PDF 142 KB
Navigator support information in Arabic PDF 128 KB

Guide to prepare your property for flooding

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Preparing your property for flooding in te reo Māori PDF 1 MB
Preparing your property for flooding in Korean PDF 2 MB
Preparing your property for flooding in Hindi PDF 3 MB
Preparing your property for flooding in simplified Chinese PDF 3 MB
Preparing your property for flooding in traditional Chinese PDF 3 MB
Preparing your property for flooding in Samoan PDF 2 MB
Preparing your property for flooding in Tongan PDF 2 MB

Placard closure information

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Placard closure information - Chinese PDF 425 KB
Placard closure information - Hindi PDF 450 KB

Other useful information

These guides will help you understand our storm recovery work.

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A guide to categories on property records PDF 407 KB
Valuation Brief for Auckland Council Category 3 Buy-Out Process (Residential Home) PDF 357 KB
How we decide property risk categories PDF 172 KB
A guide to building placards (‘stickers’) PDF 195 KB
Progressing work while waiting for a category PDF 184 KB
Preparing your property for flooding PDF 1 MB
The journey of recovery PDF 1 MB
Whānau support guide PDF 790 KB

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