Free overnight parking will remain in Auckland’s city centre for another year, with Auckland Transport agreeing to allow more time to support economic recovery.
The hourly on-street overnight charge will be introduced in March 2026, and set at $1-$2 per hour. The higher cost will be charged in areas of higher demand. This is part of AT’s ongoing parking management programme and is designed to keep the city moving and thriving at night.
AT has listened to feedback from our stakeholders and communities and has responded to the requests to implement the changes to overnight parking nearer to the City Rail Link opening date.
AT’s Group Manager Parking Services, John Strawbridge says: "Managing parking through time restrictions and pricing values our limited space and helps free up parking spaces for those who need to use them. It also ensures those using the parking space are paying a small share of the associated costs.
“In the city centre, managing parking enables people to be able to easily access businesses and apartments at any time of day or night. The city does not go to sleep at 6pm. Part of this is ensuring that there is at least one parking space available on every street in our city centre.
“We have heard a range of views and conflicting priorities from the city’s businesses, residents and workers. We believe waiting until March next year to introduce the new charges helps to balance re-energising the city centre along with ensuring our limited road space can be used by everyone fairly, ” Mr Strawbridge says.
There are currently many free on-street parking spaces in the city centre for people to use at night, along with AT parking buildings which offer affordable parking for as little as $2 an hour.
Low-cost parking options in the city centre
Heading downtown?
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Victoria Street has 895 spaces and is only $2 per hour, capped at $10 at night. It’s open until midnight.
- Downtown has 1944 spaces and is only $2 per hour, capped at $15 at night. It’s open until 1am Mon-Thu, and midnight Fri-Sun.
Heading to the arts district?
- Civic has 928 spaces and is only $12 for the whole night. It’s open until 1am Mon-Thu, until 3am Fri-Sat and 11.30pm Sun.
Heading to K’Rd?
- You can easily hop on a red CityLink bus from outside the Civic to get a ride up Queen Street. Also, check out the Western Express bus service if you’re coming from west Auckland, it’s a new option to get to the city easily and runs until 11.30pm.
With 8,400 council-owned parking spaces, and more than 15,000 private spaces, there are more than enough spaces for everyone who needs to drive into the city to enjoy a night out.
Park on the street for 10 min, for free
If you're just stopping quickly at any of our paid on-street parking spaces, enjoy the 10-minute grace period AT provides.
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