Auckland Council Maunukau Hub

The Manukau Southern Hub project repositioned the former Manukau City Council headquarters through a comprehensive programme of workplace transformation, civic renewal and operational reorganisation for Auckland Council.

Originally initiated as two separate projects — an internal workplace restack and a proposed additional office building — CPRW’s early analysis identified significant underutilised capacity within the existing civic complex. Rather than expanding the site footprint through a substantial new building, the project focused on strategically reorganising existing democratic, operational and community spaces to support long-term workplace and civic functionality within the existing environment.

A key move within the project was the reactivation of the West Annex as the public and democratic heart of the complex, bringing council, community and mana whenua functions into closer spatial relationship and establishing a stronger public interface with the building and surrounding civic environment.

The project included comprehensive workplace transformation works, upgraded public and meeting facilities, new end-of-trip infrastructure, integrated building services upgrades and a targeted public-facing extension designed to signal the evolving role of the civic precinct within the wider Manukau community.

Working closely alongsideTe Ākitai Waiohua representatives, the project integrated cultural identity and spatial recognition into the redevelopment process, supporting a renewed relationship between the building, its users and the broader community it serves.

The project reflects CPRW’s broader approach to built environment transformation — identifying long-term operational, organisational and public value within complex existing conditions rather than relying on expansion alone.