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Wednesday 23
July 2014
6:13pm
Boardroom
Auckland Town Hall
Ground Floor
301-305 Queen Street
Auckland
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Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel
OPEN MINUTE ITEM ATTACHMENTS
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ITEM TABLE
OF CONTENTS PAGE
Tabled document:
Member Wong Liu Shueng comments 3
7 Draft
Auckland Council Local Alcohol Policy
A. PowerPoint presentation: Draft
Auckland Council Local Alcohol Policy 5
9 Significance
and Engagement Policy
A. PowerPoint presentation:
Significance and Engagement Policy 21
10 Panels
Engagement with Auckland Council
A. PowerPoint presentation: Engaging
with Auckland Council 31
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Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel
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Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel meeting 23 July 2014
Notes
from Member Wong Liu Shueng (apologies for absence)
Page 9. This is a comprehensive range of Objectives. Some
points:
a) Built culture is important, but I would like to see the
use of the word ‘further expanded to include – history of the peoples, places
of significance.’
b) Local events need also to include things to see when it
is not the Chinese NY nor Diwali. There needs to be ‘historical trails
for people to wander through, where the information is available on cell phones
and gives a deeper background of this city and its past.
c) Facilities, needs the re-consideration of different
sports… table tennis? Nights of friendly mah jong? With 24% Asian (mainly
Chinese & Indian) the promotion of ‘Asian centred’ recreation needs to be
included.
d) There are other things, but the discussion can wait
until another time….
Page 13 – Arts & Culture Strategic Plan – nice one.
a) Especially like the advance of cheaper tickets for ‘on
the night’ to encourage and promote those who might never come to such events,
a taste. Would not like to see ‘this being a ‘student price’ but
encompass many other people in the city.
b) Bi-ligual theatre is an excellent idea. For this
to be facilitated, though, facility for the digital translator to work (the one
that moves over the stage – went to an opera once in Aotea Centre and it works
really well. Don’t assume that listening to different languages can put
people off.
Page 17 Local Alcohol Policy
This looks like
there has been so much work already done on this committee, so in some ways
there seems little to add. I like the idea of not expanding outlets, and
I like the idea that in any one area the present number of outlets remain the
same. What I see is that the drinking culture in Auckland is a social
issue, and the outlets add to fostering the culture – drinks are expensive in
bars, buying at a supermarket is cheap, why not pre-load. It is a pity
that this policy does not address the issues of sales of alcohol in
supermarkets, as it needs addressing, and beyond the scope of this panel. If
there is anything that makes sense is to support what the Police have to say.
After all they have to deal with the out-of-control behaviour.
Community Grants
Policy – There seems nothing to comment about regarding the policy.
However regarding the organisation of the policy to ethnic communities, I
would like to see a transparent way of –
a) writing of
funding applications;
b) understanding
about what they write re their own organisation,
c) their
intention of use of funding,
d) the reporting
and countability for the funding (which has always been an issue between
community groups. Also the AC Community Development Department, and staff
and how they will work with communities to inform them about the grants, and
how the local boards will work with the communities, and between themselves
regarding multi-board applications. Need more detail. Happy to wait.
Easy read version
– I think the graphics need changing.
Language
Translations – I rang OEA, because I used to work
there….. And asked them the languages they have the highest demands of
use…. Here are the top 10, in order of demand
1. Mandarin
2 Samoan
3. Korean
4. Cantonese
5. Tongan
6. Spanish
7. Hindi
8. Arabic
9. Japanese
10. Punjabi
Remember,
these are people asking government agencies to use a translation service.
I was surprised at the order though…..
