Outcome
Thank you for providing feedback between 4 November and 4 December 2024 on the proposed:
new Auckland Transport and Auckland Council Te Ture ā-Rohe mō te Whakamahinga me to Whakatūnga Waka / Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw 2025
amendments to the Auckland Transport Activities in the Road Corridor Bylaw 2022, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport Ture ā-Rohe mo nga Tohu / Signs Bylaw 2022, and Auckland Council Te Ture ā-Rohe Marutau ā-Iwi me te Whakapōrearea / Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013.
In June 2025, the Board of Auckland Transport and the Governing Body of Auckland Council adopted the new and amended Bylaws in response to feedback received from 196 people and organisations.
The new Bylaw and amendments to other Bylaws took effect on 1 July 2025.
What this means for you
The new Auckland Transport and Auckland Council Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw 2025 continues to regulate vehicle use and parking across the Auckland transport system and council-controlled land to:
connect people and places in a way that is safe, effective and efficient
minimise public safety risks, travel delays, obstructions, public nuisance and damage to the environment, public infrastructure and property.
The new Bylaw and amendments to other Bylaws will not change the way you are currently allowed to drive, park and move around Auckland. Instead, these changes clarify, simplify and make the rules easier to access, understand and comply with.
The new and amended Bylaws:
combine three traffic-related Bylaws into one Bylaw that applies to all roads in Auckland
provide clearer rules about:
the use of busways and busway stations
temporary vehicle controls associated with special events and filming activities
park and ride facilities
parking vehicles off a roadway (including berm parking)
vehicle use and parking of vehicles on parks and beaches
regulate heavy traffic (for example, require compensation for damage to a road caused by heavy vehicle use)
align with the Room to Move: Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Parking Strategy
simplify rules in other Bylaws (for example, parking of vehicles for the sole purpose of sale or display)
no longer regulate speed limits on council-controlled land (these are now regulated by the central government legislation, the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024).
Key changes made in response to public feedback
The Board of Auckland Transport and the Governing Body of Auckland Council adopted the following changes to the original proposal in response to public feedback:
updated definitions and references by adding related information notes about unformed legal roads and “relevant authority” to include authorised persons, list Sommerville Disability Support Services as a parking permit provider, and clarified exemptions to vehicle use and beach parking to include the Defence Force activities
clarified the scope and application of the proposed Bylaw by updating its wording to replace “managed and controlled” with “controlled or managed” throughout the Bylaw
explicitly referenced “filming activities” alongside “special events,” included film parking permits in the sample list of permits and clarified areas declared as shared zones.
For more information
You can view and obtain copies of the new and amended Bylaws online at www.at.govt.nz/about-us/bylaws and www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/bylaws and at council libraries, council service centres and the offices of Auckland Transport and Auckland Council. Printing charges may apply.
For more information about:
decisions, read the Auckland Transport Board agenda and report for its meeting on 24 June 2025, and
the Auckland Council Governing Body agenda and minutes for its meeting on 26 June 2025
consideration of public feedback to the proposal, and mana whenua and local board views, read the Bylaw Panel agenda for its deliberations on 2 May 2025
statutory bylaw review and proposal as publicly notified on 4 November 2024, visit the ‘Have Your Say’ page.
If you have any questions, please contact us at 09 355 3553 (AT) or 09 301 0101 (AC) or visit www.at.govt.nz or www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.
We're proposing a new Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw
Traffic-related bylaws enable us to keep Auckland’s transport network efficient, effective and safe.
The rules about vehicle use and parking in Auckland are currently spread across multiple traffic-related bylaws. These are the:
- Auckland Transport (AT) Traffic Bylaw 2012
- Auckland Council (AC) Traffic Bylaw 2015
- AC Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013 (clause 16 vehicles on parks and beaches).
These rules should be easy to use and understand. The proposed bylaw would consolidate the three current traffic-related bylaws into a one-stop-shop bylaw covering all rules about vehicle use and parking in the Auckland region.
One joint traffic bylaw will clarify the driving and parking rules in Auckland. This will make it easier for everyone to access and understand the rules, and create a consistent set of rules across our region.
To support the proposed Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw 2025, Auckland Transport and Auckland Council are proposing some changes and updates to the rules in the proposed bylaw
These include:
- Moving the rules about vehicles on parks and beaches from the Public Safety and Nuisance bylaw to the new Vehicle Use and Parking bylaw. There will be no changes to the existing rules about vehicles on parks and beaches, rather the change will allow us to more efficiently enforce any unsafe driving and unauthorised parking.
- Adding the tools available under the Land Transport Act 1988 regarding heavy vehicle use and parking to the bylaw. This includes the ability to restrict heavy vehicles from parking in areas where they are causing problems for the community (e.g. where they are blocking visibility).
- Define ‘off a roadway’ more clearly to increase certainty about where parking is prohibited. This will allow us to install signage and begin enforcement faster in areas where the community has told us there is a problem (e.g. where parking is causing safety concerns at a local park, or damaging utilities under a berm)
Some proposed changes do not introduce any new rules or powers, and aim to clarify existing rules, such as:
- Distinguishing between bus lanes, busways, busway stations, and park and rides, and clarifying who can use them.
- Referring to resident parking schemes using the same language as Auckland’s Parking Strategy.
- Clarifying how we temporarily manage driving and parking for special events like parades, festivals, and markets.
We are also proposing to tidy up the bylaws by moving or removing clauses that are better suited or already in other bylaws, or do not need to be in a bylaw.
We are also proposing supporting amendments to other bylaws
These are the AT Activities in the Road Corridor Bylaw 2022, the AC Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013, and the AC and AT Signs Bylaw 2022, to address road damage caused by building work and regulate certain activities involving vehicles (like advertising, sale, repair or disrepair) and things left on roads.
You can read about the proposed changes in detail in the Statement of Proposal, or read a two page overview here (NZSL translation here).
How you can have your say
The consultation has now closed.
If you would like to present your views to a panel of decision-makers in person or via audio-visual link, please email
TrafficBylaw@at.govt.nz to book a time slot to speak or use NZSL by 5pm on 5 December 2024. The hearing will be held from 10am - 11am on 6 December 2024 at 20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland.
Outcome
Thank you for providing feedback between 4 November and 4 December 2024 on the proposed:
new Auckland Transport and Auckland Council Te Ture ā-Rohe mō te Whakamahinga me to Whakatūnga Waka / Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw 2025
amendments to the Auckland Transport Activities in the Road Corridor Bylaw 2022, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport Ture ā-Rohe mo nga Tohu / Signs Bylaw 2022, and Auckland Council Te Ture ā-Rohe Marutau ā-Iwi me te Whakapōrearea / Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013.
In June 2025, the Board of Auckland Transport and the Governing Body of Auckland Council adopted the new and amended Bylaws in response to feedback received from 196 people and organisations.
The new Bylaw and amendments to other Bylaws took effect on 1 July 2025.
What this means for you
The new Auckland Transport and Auckland Council Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw 2025 continues to regulate vehicle use and parking across the Auckland transport system and council-controlled land to:
connect people and places in a way that is safe, effective and efficient
minimise public safety risks, travel delays, obstructions, public nuisance and damage to the environment, public infrastructure and property.
The new Bylaw and amendments to other Bylaws will not change the way you are currently allowed to drive, park and move around Auckland. Instead, these changes clarify, simplify and make the rules easier to access, understand and comply with.
The new and amended Bylaws:
combine three traffic-related Bylaws into one Bylaw that applies to all roads in Auckland
provide clearer rules about:
the use of busways and busway stations
temporary vehicle controls associated with special events and filming activities
park and ride facilities
parking vehicles off a roadway (including berm parking)
vehicle use and parking of vehicles on parks and beaches
regulate heavy traffic (for example, require compensation for damage to a road caused by heavy vehicle use)
align with the Room to Move: Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Parking Strategy
simplify rules in other Bylaws (for example, parking of vehicles for the sole purpose of sale or display)
no longer regulate speed limits on council-controlled land (these are now regulated by the central government legislation, the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024).
Key changes made in response to public feedback
The Board of Auckland Transport and the Governing Body of Auckland Council adopted the following changes to the original proposal in response to public feedback:
updated definitions and references by adding related information notes about unformed legal roads and “relevant authority” to include authorised persons, list Sommerville Disability Support Services as a parking permit provider, and clarified exemptions to vehicle use and beach parking to include the Defence Force activities
clarified the scope and application of the proposed Bylaw by updating its wording to replace “managed and controlled” with “controlled or managed” throughout the Bylaw
explicitly referenced “filming activities” alongside “special events,” included film parking permits in the sample list of permits and clarified areas declared as shared zones.
For more information
You can view and obtain copies of the new and amended Bylaws online at www.at.govt.nz/about-us/bylaws and www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/bylaws and at council libraries, council service centres and the offices of Auckland Transport and Auckland Council. Printing charges may apply.
For more information about:
decisions, read the Auckland Transport Board agenda and report for its meeting on 24 June 2025, and
the Auckland Council Governing Body agenda and minutes for its meeting on 26 June 2025
consideration of public feedback to the proposal, and mana whenua and local board views, read the Bylaw Panel agenda for its deliberations on 2 May 2025
statutory bylaw review and proposal as publicly notified on 4 November 2024, visit the ‘Have Your Say’ page.
If you have any questions, please contact us at 09 355 3553 (AT) or 09 301 0101 (AC) or visit www.at.govt.nz or www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.
We're proposing a new Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw
Traffic-related bylaws enable us to keep Auckland’s transport network efficient, effective and safe.
The rules about vehicle use and parking in Auckland are currently spread across multiple traffic-related bylaws. These are the:
- Auckland Transport (AT) Traffic Bylaw 2012
- Auckland Council (AC) Traffic Bylaw 2015
- AC Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013 (clause 16 vehicles on parks and beaches).
These rules should be easy to use and understand. The proposed bylaw would consolidate the three current traffic-related bylaws into a one-stop-shop bylaw covering all rules about vehicle use and parking in the Auckland region.
One joint traffic bylaw will clarify the driving and parking rules in Auckland. This will make it easier for everyone to access and understand the rules, and create a consistent set of rules across our region.
To support the proposed Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw 2025, Auckland Transport and Auckland Council are proposing some changes and updates to the rules in the proposed bylaw
These include:
- Moving the rules about vehicles on parks and beaches from the Public Safety and Nuisance bylaw to the new Vehicle Use and Parking bylaw. There will be no changes to the existing rules about vehicles on parks and beaches, rather the change will allow us to more efficiently enforce any unsafe driving and unauthorised parking.
- Adding the tools available under the Land Transport Act 1988 regarding heavy vehicle use and parking to the bylaw. This includes the ability to restrict heavy vehicles from parking in areas where they are causing problems for the community (e.g. where they are blocking visibility).
- Define ‘off a roadway’ more clearly to increase certainty about where parking is prohibited. This will allow us to install signage and begin enforcement faster in areas where the community has told us there is a problem (e.g. where parking is causing safety concerns at a local park, or damaging utilities under a berm)
Some proposed changes do not introduce any new rules or powers, and aim to clarify existing rules, such as:
- Distinguishing between bus lanes, busways, busway stations, and park and rides, and clarifying who can use them.
- Referring to resident parking schemes using the same language as Auckland’s Parking Strategy.
- Clarifying how we temporarily manage driving and parking for special events like parades, festivals, and markets.
We are also proposing to tidy up the bylaws by moving or removing clauses that are better suited or already in other bylaws, or do not need to be in a bylaw.
We are also proposing supporting amendments to other bylaws
These are the AT Activities in the Road Corridor Bylaw 2022, the AC Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013, and the AC and AT Signs Bylaw 2022, to address road damage caused by building work and regulate certain activities involving vehicles (like advertising, sale, repair or disrepair) and things left on roads.
You can read about the proposed changes in detail in the Statement of Proposal, or read a two page overview here (NZSL translation here).
How you can have your say
The consultation has now closed.
If you would like to present your views to a panel of decision-makers in person or via audio-visual link, please email
TrafficBylaw@at.govt.nz to book a time slot to speak or use NZSL by 5pm on 5 December 2024. The hearing will be held from 10am - 11am on 6 December 2024 at 20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland.
