Te Oro Committee of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Te Oro Committee of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board held in the Local Board Office, 7-13 Pilkington Road, Panmure on Friday, 4 September 2015 at 11:15am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Simon Randall

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

-

 

 

 

Members

Chris Makoare

 

 

 

 

Tara Moala

 

 

 

 

Georgie Thompson

 

 

 

 

Obed Unasa

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Ken Kerehoma

 

 

Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki

Emily Karaka

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Te Oro Committee of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board

04 September 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

Victoria Villaraza on behalf of the Chief Executive opened the meeting. This was followed by a mihi whakatau to commemorate the inaugural meeting of the Te Oro Committee.

 

2

Election of a Chairperson and a Deputy Chairperson

 

Resolution number MTTOC/2015/1

MOVED by Member SD Randall, seconded by Member OO Unasa:  

That the Te Oro Committee of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board:

a)           confirm that it will vote to elect a chairperson utilising the Local Government Act 2002, Schedule 7, Clause 25, Subclause 3) system b

b)           agree that the election of a deputy chairperson will be deferred to the next meeting of the Te Oro Committee.

CARRIED

 

In accordance with Schedule 7, clause 21 (5) (b) of the Local Government Act 2002, the Relationship Manager, Local Board Services on behalf of the Chief Executive, will call for the nominations for the Chairperson of the Te Oro Committee.

 

Member Simon Randall was nominated by Member Chris Makoare / Seconded by Member Obed Unasa

 

The Relationship Manager declared member Simon Randall to be elected unopposed to the position of Chairperson of the Te Oro Committee for the remainder of the 2013-2016 political term at which point Chairperson SD Randall assumed the chair.

 

Secretarial note:  Chairperson SD Randall accorded speaking rights to Ken Kerehoma of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Emily Karaka of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, noting that the mana whenua seat provided for under the committee’s terms of reference has not yet been filled.

 

3          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

4          Declaration of Interest

 

Member CL Makoare declared an interest in item 12 of the agenda as manager of the Glen Innes Family Centre.

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no requests for leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

Emily Karaka acknowledged Lady Emily Latimer, who passed away on the 1st September 2015. Dedicated wife and Secretary to Sir Graeme Latimer, she was the first woman to sit on the National Maori Council when her husband was Chairman.

 

Emily Karaka and Ken Kerehoma acknowledged Manos Nathan, who passed away this week. Manos was an internationally acclaimed ceramicist, carver and artist and co-founder of Nga Kaihanga Uku, the National Maori clayworkers collective.

Georgie Thompson acknowledged the tikanga observed during the welcome of the inaugural meeting of the Te Oro Committee.

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

9          Public Forum

 

There was no public forum.

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

12

Te Oro First Quarter Operations

 

Resolution number MTTOC/2015/2

MOVED by Member SD Randall, seconded by Member CL Makoare:  

That the Te Oro Committee of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board:

a)         thanks Stephen Johnson, Manager Arts and Culture Facilities and Assets and Jenni Heka, Arts and Culture Facility Manager – Te Oro, for speaking to the item.

b)        receives the report.

CARRIED

 

13

Schedule of committee meetings

 

Resolution number MTTOC/2015/3

MOVED by Member SD Randall, seconded by Member G Thompson:  

That the Te Oro Committee of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board:

a)      adopts the committee meeting dates as follows:

i)       Thursday, 3 December 2015 at 11am, to be held at Te Oro

ii)      Thursday, 3 March 2016 at 11am, to be held at Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board office

iii)     Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 11am, to be held at Te Oro

iv)     Thursday, 1 September 2016 at 11am, to be held at Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board office.

CARRIED

 

14        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

12.36 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 Te Oro Committee of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................