Youth Advisory Panel

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Youth Advisory Panel held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, Level 2, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Monday, 8 September 2014 at 6.00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Flora Apulu

 

Members

Tesree Appanna

 

 

Janice Auva'a

From 6.21pm, Item 4

 

Torranice Campel

 

 

Danielle Goh

Until 8.35pm, Item 8

 

Anthony Kapeli-Sua

 

 

Isabella Lenihan-Ikin

 

 

Maggy Liu

Until 8.35pm, Item 8

 

Tim Matthews

 

 

Nortessa Montgomerie

Until 8.21pm, Item 7

 

Matariki Roche

 

 

Savanna Steele

 

 

Micah Stininato

 

 

Marek Townley

 

 

Sam Vaili

 

 

Ginah Vakaheketaha-Nelisi

Until 8.12pm, Item 7

 

MacKenzie Valgre

 

 

Agnes Wong

 

 

Sam Yoon

Until 9.20pm, Item 10

 

Aileen  Zhou

 

Liaison Councillor

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

 

Mosa Mafile'o

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Mayor Len Brown, JP

 

 

 


Youth Advisory Panel

08 September 2014

 

 

The meeting was opened by Savanna Steele

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/43

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member S Steele:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)         accept apologies from Mosa Mafile'o for non-attendance, Danielle Goh, Ginah Vakaheketaha-Nelisi and Maggy Lui for early departure.

 

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external interest they might have.

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/44

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member M Liu:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Monday, 11 August 2014, as a true and correct record.

 

CARRIED

 

4          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 


 

5

Engagement on the draft Community Facilities Network Plan

 

David Shamy, Principal Policy Analyst,  was in attendance and gave a presentation.

 

A copy of the tabled presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and on the Auckland council website.

 

 

Janice Auva’a entered the meeting at 6.21pm

 

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/45

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member D Goh:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)      note that the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee endorsed the draft Community Facilities Network Plan for stakeholder engagement at their 8 August meeting.

b)      provide feedback on the strategic framework for the draft Community Facilities Network Plan, including:

·        the proposed purpose and outcomes

·        the proposed objectives

·        the draft provision frameworks

c)      form a working party to collate feedback before end of September 2014:

i)       Savanna Steele (leader), Tony Kapeli-Sua and Mackenzie Valgre.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 5 Engagement on the draft Community Facilities Network Plan, tabled Draft Community Facilities Network Plan Summary

 

 

12

Address from Mayor Len Brown

 

Mayor Len Brown entered the meeting at 6.10pm

The Mayor retired from the meeting at 6.55pm

 

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/46

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member M Townley:  

 

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

 

a)            receive the Mayor’s information regarding:

i)          Youth Employment Summit

ii)         the ext conference in early December

b)            accept thanks for participation in Transport, Housing and Homelessness

c)            agree to provide further feedback to council on transport, housing and homelessness.

 

CARRIED

 


 

11

Updates from Youth Advisory Panel Members

 

Sam Yoon tabled a document and gave a presentation.

 

A copy of the tabled document and presentation has been attached to the official copy of the minutes and placed on Auckland Council’s website.

 

 

 

 

 

Secretarial Note:        Sam Yoon’s update was taken at this time at the Mayor’s request.   The remainder of item 11 was taken later in the agenda.

 

 

6

Trial Youth Event Update – What’s Your Flavour?

 

Leilana Meredith, Event Organiser,  and David Burt, Manager, Events, were in attendance and gave a presentation.

 

A copy of the tabled presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and on the Auckland council website.

 

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/47

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member M Stininato:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)      receive the report

b)      continue to appoint a member to liaise with the Event Delivery Team for this event. Tony was nominated supported by Mosa .

c)      continue to endorse the What’s Your Flavour event 2015.

d)      thank Councillor Cooper , Mosa Mafile'o, Anthony Kapeli-Sua and Agnes Wong for their participation in the ’What’s your flavour?” event.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 6 Trial Youth Event Update - What's Your Flavour, tabled Trail Youth Event

 


 

7

Youth engagement on Long-term plan 2015-2025

 

Daniel Pouwels, Principal Strategy Analyst, and Jo Wilkins were in attendance and tabled a document.

 

A copy of the tabled document has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and on the Auckland council website.

 

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/48

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member A Zhou:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)      promote the 5 video finalists of the LTP video challenge on social media and encourage young people in their networks to vote on their favourite video by sharing it

b)      thank Councillors Cashmore, Filipaina, Krum, Penrose and Walker for their time and effort engaging with young people on the Long-term Plan and congratulate Councillor Krum on her victory

c)      share and discuss any local board specific issues with their local youth groups

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 7 Youth Engagement on Long-term plan 2015-2025, tabled The 2014 Zone My Vote Rule

 

 

8

Youth Advisory Panel draft Work Programme

 

Daniel Pouwels, Principal Strategy Analyst, and Bruce Thomas, Principal Advisor Panels, were in attendance and tabled a document.

 

A copy of the tabled document has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and on the Auckland council website

 

 

Member G Vakaheketaha-Nelisi retired from the meeting at 8.12 pm.

Member N Montgomerie retired from the meeting at 8.21 pm.

 

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/49

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member M Stininato:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)      review the work programme

b)      confirm its draft work programme for recommendation to the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee on 9 October 2014 with amendments as noted

c)      agree that the Lead Officer Support be authorised to make edits or amendments to the draft work programme to reflect decisions made by the Panel during the discussion.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 8 Youth Advisory Panel draft Work Programme, tabled Key Programmes and Priorities

 


 

9

Homegrown Youth Change-makers Project

 

Bruce Thomas, Principal Advisor Panels, was in attendance and tabled a document.

 

A copy of the tabled document has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and on the Auckland council website

 

 

Member M Liu retired from the meeting at 8.35 pm.

Member D Goh retired from the meeting at 8.35 pm.

 

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/50

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member M Valgre:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)      agree to appoint members and other young people to the Homegrown working group

b)      provide feedback on the implementation of the Homegrown Youth Change-makers Project

c)      forward the information with the resolutions of this item to the local youth voice mechanisms

d)      nominate for the working party: Flora Apulu, Sam Yoon, Tim Matthews, Torranice Campel, Sam Vailli, Savanna Steele, Isabella Lenihan-Ikin, Tesree Appanna

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 9 Homegrown Youth Change- makers Project, tabled Home Grown Youth Change-makers Project

 

 

10

Opportunities for Engagement

 

Sarah Finlay, Strategic Advisor (Child & Youth), was in attendance and tabled a document.

 

A copy of the tabled document has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and on the Auckland council website

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/51

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member A Kapeli-Sua:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)      note the opportunities attached to this report

i)       Local NZ workshop 16-19 November in Whanganui and Wellington

ii)      ZEAL Tall Poppy Workshop

iii)     Sister Cities New Zealand Youth Workshop

b)      forward relevant opportunities to local youth voice mechanisms

 

CARRIED

 


 

11

Subcommittee update

 

Agnes Wong gave a presentation.

 

A copy of the tabled presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and on the Auckland council website

 

 

Member S Yoon retired from the meeting at 9.20 pm.

 

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/52

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member A Wong:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)      thank the subcommittee leads for their updates

b)      forward the updates for the attention of their respective local youth voice mechanisms

c)      endorse the proposed document ‘Proposed content of the draft Local Approved Products Policy’ with any amendments from the Youth Advisory Panel, for feedback to council

d)      discuss solutions for creating effective workplan management.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 11 Subcommittee update, tabled Youth Advisory Panel feedback Proposed content of the draft Local Approved Products Policy

 

 

12

Updates from Youth Advisory Panel Members

 

Tim Matthews tabled a document

 

A copy of the tabled presentation has been attached to the official copy of the minutes and placed on Auckland Council’s website.

 

 

Resolution number YOU/2014/53

MOVED by Chairperson F Apulu, seconded by Member M Townley:  

That the Youth Advisory Panel:

a)      note the updates from the panel members, Tim Matthews, Torranice Campel, Tony Su’a, Sam Vaili, Matariki Roche, Mackenzie Valgre, Isabella Lenihan-Ikin.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 12 Updates from Youth Advisory Panel Members, tabled Kaipatiki Local Youth Board Update

b     8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 12 Updates from Youth Advisory Panel Members, tabled Inspiring Youth Communications

c    8 September 2014, Youth Advisory Panel, Item 12 Updates from Youth Advisory Panel Members, tabled Mayor's Youth Employment Summit 2 Highlights

 

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

 

 

 Matariki closed the meeting.

 

9.31 pm                                              The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Youth Advisory Panel HELD ON

 

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