Agenda of Waitākere Ranges Local Board

1 Welcome

2 Apologies

At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

3 Declaration of Interest

Members were 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.

Specifically members are asked to identify any new interests they have not previously disclosed, an interest that might be considered as a conflict of interest with a matter on the agenda.

At its meeting on 28 November 2013, the Waitakere Ranges Local Board resolved (resolution number WTK/2010/5) to record any possible conflicts of interest in a register.

Board Member	Organisation / Position
Sandra Coney	· Waitemata District Health Board – Elected Member · Women’s Health Action Trust – Patron
Neil Henderson	· Portage Trust – Elected Member · West Auckland Trust Services (WATS) Board – Trustee/Director · EcoMatters Environment Trust – Employee
Greg Presland	· Portage Trust – Elected Member · Lopdell House Development Trust – Trustee · Titirangi Residents & Ratepayers Group – Committee Member · Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust – Trustee · Combined Youth Services Trust - Trustee
Steve Tollestrup	· Waitakere Licensing Trust – Elected Member · West Auckland Trust Services (WATS) Board – Trustee/Director · Waitakere Task force on Family Violence – Appointee
Saffron Toms	NIL
Denise Yates	· Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Committee member · EcoMatters Environment Trust – Trustee · Charlotte Museum Trust – Trustee

Member appointments

Board members are appointed to the following bodies. In these appointments the board members represent Auckland Council.

Board Member	Organisation / Position
Sandra Coney	· Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Trustee
Neil Henderson	· Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Trustee · Living Cell Technologies Animal Ethics Committee – Member · Rural Advisory Panel - Member
Saffron Toms	· Ark in the Park – Governance Group Member

4 Confirmation of Minutes

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a) Confirms the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 11 February 2016, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

5 Leave of Absence

At the close of the agenda no requests for leave of absence had been received.

6 Acknowledgements

At the close of the agenda no requests for acknowledgements had been received.

7 Update from Ward Councillors

An opportunity is provided for the Waitakere Ward Councillors to update the board on regional issues they have been involved with since the last meeting.

8 Deputations

8.1 Tula'i Pasifika Youth Leadership Programme

Purpose

Dominique Leauga from Youth Service West on behalf of the West Auckland Pasifika Forum (WAPF) would like an opportunity to present to the board on the final status for the Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership Programme 2014/2015 and the progress and lead up to the programme 2015/2016 which will launch early 2016 with the summit.

Recommendation

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a) Receives the deputation from Dominique Leauga from Youth Service West.

Attachments

a Tula'i Pasifika Leadership Programme - Local Boards Report Dec 2015................................................................................................................ 65

b Tulai Pasifika Leadership Programme Project Budget.......................... 81

8.2 Healthy Families Waitakere

Purpose

1. The Healthy Families Waitakere would like an opportunity to present an overview of Healthy Families Waitakere and provide an update on how they are progressing with this initiative and to discuss local board engagement with Healthy Families Waitakere going forward. Following on will be a presentation that will give a background on Healthy Families Waitakere and why it has come about and insights on the focus areas of eating well, being active, being smokefree and reducing alcohol. Please see link provided: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2dRqDgEkE

Recommendation

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a) Receives the deputation from Healthy Families Waitakere.

9 Public Forum

A period of time (approximately 30 minutes) is set aside for members of the public to address the meeting on matters within its delegated authority. A maximum of 3 minutes per item is allowed, following which there may be questions from members.

At the close of the agenda no requests for public forum had been received.

10 Extraordinary Business

Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:

“An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-

(a) The local authority by resolution so decides; and

(b) The presiding member explains at the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-

(i) The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and

(ii) The reason why the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”

Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:

“Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-

(a) That item may be discussed at that meeting if-

(i) That item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and

(ii) the presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but

(b) no resolution, decision or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”

11 Notices of Motion

At the close of the agenda no requests for notices of motion had been received.

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

25 February 2016

New Road Name Approval for the residential subdivision by H Spec Limited at 48 West Coast Road, Glen Eden

File No.: CP2016/00992

Purpose

1. The purpose of this report is to seek approval from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board for a new road name for a road created by way of subdivision at 48A West Coast Road, Glen Eden.

Executive Summary

2. Auckland Council has road naming guidelines that set out the requirements and criteria of the Council for proposed road names. These requirements and criteria have been applied in this situation to ensure consistency of road naming for the Auckland Council.

3. Following assessment against the road naming criteria, the road names ‘Barney Way’ (applicant’s preferred road name), ‘Buster Way’ and ‘Bone Way’ were determined to meet the road naming guideline criteria.

4. Local Iwi groups were consulted but the Applicant has not had any reply to his correspondence.

5. The name ‘Barney Way’, proposed by the Applicant and the names “Buster Way” and “Bone Way” are considered for approval by the Local Board.

Recommendation

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a) Pursuant to section 319(1)(j) of the Local Government Act 1974, considers for approval, the road name “Barney Way”, proposed by the Applicant, for the new road created by way of subdivision at 48A West Coast Road, Glen Eden while noting that ‘Buster Way’ and ‘Bone Way’, also meet the road naming criteria.

Comments

6. The Auckland Council Road Naming Guidelines allowed that where a new road needs to be named as a result of a subdivision or development, the subdivider/developer shall be given the opportunity of suggesting their preferred new road name for the Local Board’s approval.

7. In 2013, Auckland Council approved an application for a land use consent to undertake a medium density development creating 15 residential units at 48A West Coast Road, Glen Eden. The subdivision contains “Common Property” which provides road access to all 15 residential units. The Consent holder has proposed to name the “Common Property” Barney Way (LUC2012-621).

The Applicant has proposed the following names for consideration for the road created as part of the development at 48A West Coast Road, Glen Eden.

Preference	Proposed New Road Name	Meaning
Preferred Name	Barney Way	Family name significant to the developers
First Alternative	Buster Way	Family name significant to the developers
Second Alternative	Bone Way	Family name significant to the developers

Figure One: Location and Layout of new Road

Decision Making

8. The Auckland Council, by way of the Auckland Council Long Term Plan (2012 - 2022), allocated the responsibility for the naming of new roads, pursuant to section 319(1)(j) of the Local Government Act 1974, to Local Boards.

Assessment

9. The Applicant’s proposed road names have been assessed against the criteria set out in the Auckland Council road naming guidelines;

10. Barney Way, Buster Way and Bone Way all meet the criteria set out in the Road Naming Guidelines.

11. As the Applicant’s preferred name (Barney Way) meets the criteria, it is recommended for consideration for approval.

Significance of Decision

12. The decision sought from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board for this report does not trigger any significant policy and is not considered to have any immediate impact on the community.

Maori impact statement

13. The decision sought from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board on this report is linked to the Auckland Plan Outcome, “A Maori identity that is Auckland’s point of difference in the world”. The use of Maori names for roads, buildings and other public places is an opportunity to publicly demonstrate Maori identity.

Consultation

14. The applicant emailed Edward Ashby, Heritage and Environment Manager, Kawerau Iwi Tribal Authority, who advised that Scott Lomas was the new contact. Scott has not replied to the applicant’s correspondence about road naming at this time.

15. The applicant consulted with NZ Post and all suggested names were accepted.

Financial and Resourcing Implications

16. The cost of processing the approval of the proposed new road name and any installation of road name signage is recoverable in accordance with Council’s Administrative Charges.

Legal and Legislative Implications

17. The cost of processing the approval of the proposed new road name and any installation of road name signage is recoverable in accordance with Council’s Administrative Charges.

Implementation

18. The Resource Consenting Team is involved in ensuring that appropriate road name signage will be installed accordingly once an approval is obtained for the new road name.

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.

Signatories

Author

Andrew Foley - Subdivision Advisor

Authorisers

Ian Smallburn - General Manager Resource Consents

Glenn Boyd - Relationship Manager Henderson-Massey, Waitakere Ranges, Whau

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

25 February 2016

New Road Name Approval for the Residential Subdivision by W A Group Limited at 123 and 123A Woodglen Road and 63A Glengarry Road, Glen Eden.

File No.: CP2016/00994

Purpose

1. The purpose of this report is to seek approval from the Waitākere Ranges Local Board for a new road name for a road created by way of subdivision at 123 & 123A Woodglen Road and 63A Glengarry Road, Glen Eden.

Executive Summary

3. Following assessment against the road naming criteria, the road names Tokai Place, Whata Lane and Kota Lane were determined to meet the road naming policy criteria.

4. The name Tokai Place, proposed by the Applicant and the names Whata Lane and Kota Lane are recommended for approval to the Local Board.

Recommendation

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a) Pursuant to Section 319(1)(j), of the Local Government Act 1974, considers for approval, the road name Tokai Place, proposed by the Applicant, for the new road created by way of subdivision at 123 & 123A Woodglen Road and 63A Glengarry Road, Glen Eden, while noting that Whata Lane and Kota Lane also meet the road naming criteria.

Comments

5. The Auckland Council Road Naming Guidelines allowed that where a new road needs to be named as a result of a subdivision or development, the subdivider/developer shall be given the opportunity of suggesting their preferred new road name for the Council’s approval.

6. In 2014, Auckland Council approved an application for a combined land use and subdivision consent to undertake a subdivision creating 8 residential allotments at 123 & 123A Woodglen Road and 63A Glengarry Road, Glen Eden. The subdivision contains rights of way, that will provide 7 of the allotments with road access. The consent holder has proposed to label the rights of way Tokai Place (SUB2014-106).

7. The Applicant has proposed the following names for consideration for the road created as part of the development at 123 & 123A Woodglen Road and 63A Glengarry Road, Glen Eden

Preference	Proposed New Road Name	Meaning
Preferred Name	Tokai Place	Vertical supports for the thwarts of a canoe – pieces of wood suspended vertically to support the kauhuahua
First Alternative	Whata Lane	Elevated stage (for storing food, etc), storage place
Second Alternative	Kota Lane	a.(noun) shell (of pipi, etc.). b.(noun) scraper - anything to scrape or cut with.

Decision Making

7. The Auckland Council, by way of the Auckland Council Long Term Plan (2012-2022), allocated the responsibility for the naming of new roads, pursuant to Section 319(1)9j) of the Local Government Act 1974, to Local Boards.

Assessment

8. The Applicant’s proposed road names have been assessed against the criteria set out in the Auckland Council road naming guidelines.

9. Tokai Place, Whata Lane and Kota Lane all meet the criteria set out in the Road Naming Guidelines.

10. As the Applicant’s preferred name Tokai Place meets the criteria, it is recommended for consideration for approval.

Consideration

Significance of Decision

11. The decision sought from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board for this report does not trigger any significant policy and is not considered to have any immediate impact on the community.

Maori Impact Statement

12. The decision sought from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board on this report is linked to the Auckland Plan Outcome, “A Maori identity that is Auckland’s point of difference in the World”. The use of Maori names for roads, buildings and other public places is an opportunity to publicly demonstrate Maori identity.

Consultation

13. Local Iwi Ngati Whatua o Kaipara (Kara Brown) were consulted and they deferred the decision to Te Kawerau a Maki (Edward Ashby), who approved the names – Tokai Place, Whata Lane and Pukatea Way. The name Pukatea Way could not be used as there is already a “Pukatea Avenue” in Albany.

14. Consultation was undertaken with NZ Post and all suggested names were accepted.

Financial and Resourcing Implication

15. The cost of processing the approval of the proposed new road name and any installation of road name signage is recoverable in accordance with Council’s Administrative Charges.

Legal and Legislative implications

16. The decision sought from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board for this report is not considered to have any legal or legislative implications.

Implementation

17. The Resource Consenting Team is involved in ensuring that the appropriate road name signage will be installed accordingly once an approval is obtained for the new road name.

Attachments

No.	Title	Page
a View	Tokai Place Diagram	17

Signatories

Author

Andrew Foley - Subdivision Advisor

Authorisers

Ian Smallburn - General Manager Resource Consents

Glenn Boyd - Relationship Manager Henderson-Massey, Waitakere Ranges, Whau

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

25 February 2016

ATEED Filming activities in the WRHA

File No.: CP2015/27425

Purpose

1. To provide the Waitākere Ranges Local Board with background to the importance of the area to the screen sector and to provide highlights of permitted filming activities in the Local Board area for the 6 months from 1 July to 31 December 2015.

Executive Summary

2. The Waitakere Ranges has long been a key destination for filming. The area is important for the New Zealand Screen Industry as its locations are diverse and seemingly remote. However with its proximity to the city CBD, studios, services and suppliers are all within a 30 minute drive. No other country/city can boast this type of location diversity within such close proximity to a studio or the city CBD.

3. Accessible and available locations are critical to the success of the screen production industry in Auckland and the Waitakere Ranges is crucial component. Many of the international shoots that come to Auckland are attracted by the apparently remote locations in the Waitakere Ranges that are within easy reach of Auckland central and the region's established cast, crew, studio, and pre and post-production infrastructure.

4. Overseas productions can employ hundreds of local production crew, cast and suppliers. Recent large scale productions which filmed in the Waitakere Ranges include 800 Words (Australian drama series), Shannara (MTV fantasy TV series) and Power Rangers (ongoing US TV series).

5. The Waitakere Ranges plays an important role for small local productions as a ‘coastal/bush/farming community’ location, or provide epic shots of the beach and coast for local feature films and television commercials.

6. Local productions generally do not have the large budgets that international productions seem to have, as New Zealand film and television funding options are very limited (in comparison to other countries), so they rely on the closeness of the location to the CBD to help reign in the budget spend on crew/cast travel to set.

7. The Auckland Screen Industry became a viable, vibrant growth industry when Pacific Renaissance Pictures set up production of Xena and Hercules in the Waitakere Ranges in the 1990s. These two productions became the training ground for many of New Zealand’s future writers, directors, production crew and cast who have become part of the successful screen industry we know today.

Recommendation

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a) Receives the ATEED Filming Update Report.

Comments

Filming activity in the Waitakere Ranges Area

8. During the six months from 1 July to 31 December 2015, ATEED’s Screen Auckland team facilitated 26 permits for filming television commercials, television programmes, photo shoots and feature films at locations within the Waitākere Ranges Local Board area.

9. The most frequent genre of filming activity permitted was for television commercials (13 permits) and television programmes (7 permits).

10. Of the 26 permitted filming activities, 11 were international productions and 15 were local productions.

11. The busiest months for permitted filming activity were in September (6 permits), November (10 permits) and December (6 permits).

12. Two high profile international productions took place in the area – The Shannara Chronicles and 800 Words.

The Shannara Chronicles

13. Auckland’s growing screen industry has received fantastic global recognition with the international release of the 10-part MTV television series ‘The Shannara Chronicles’.

14. Based on a series of novels by acclaimed author Terry Brooks, The Shannara Chronicles is set thousands of years after the destruction of our civilization, on an Earth divided into what is known as the Four Lands.

15. The Screen Auckland team at Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) played a significant part in bringing The Shannara Chronicles to the region, and with support from council stakeholders, local boards, businesses and communities, helped the production to make the most of both the Auckland Film Studios and the region’s unique locations.

16. The production filmed several key scenes in Waitakere Ranges locations including on private and public property at Te Henga/Bethells over a 5 month period.

17. It has employed more than 300 local crew and talent and will add to Auckland’s growing reputation as a screen production location. Some Te Henga/Bethells locals were employed as on-set crew and drivers and local property owners benefited from the use of their property as set locations.

18. The television series is receiving positive reviews and praise by international media with its premiere episode drawing 7.5 million viewers on the MTV channel and has been streamed more than 3.1 million times across digital platforms.

19. The production are still to confirm a second series to be potentially filmed again in Auckland.

20. It’s currently screening on Sky TV’s ‘The Zone’ channel Wednesdays 8:30pm.

800 Words

21. ‘800 Words’ is an 8-part comedy drama series produced by South Pacific Pictures and Australia’s Seven Productions. Erik Thomson plays George, a man who used to skate through life but who is now stumbling. When his wife dies suddenly, George makes a rash decision to move his two teenaged kids away from the big smoke of Sydney to the picturesque town of ‘Weld’ in New Zealand.

22. The production was filmed in Auckland at the SPP studios and various locations throughout the Auckland region. The coastal village of Piha, in the Waitakere Ranges portrayed the fictional town of ‘Weld’ with many key scenes filmed in the Piha on both private and public property.

23. The production employed more than 80 local crew and talent with local businesses providing services to the production.

24. The series premiered in Australia in September 2015 and quickly became the number 1 drama on Australian television. 800 Words premiered in New Zealand on TV One in late 2015 to good reviews and ratings.

25. In October 2015, Channel Seven announced that a second season of 800 Words has been commissioned with production potentially commencing in late summer 2016. Exact dates are still to be confirmed. It is likely they will return to Auckland to film.

Te Henga Quarry

26. In late January two major international productions (one feature film and one television series) approached Screen Auckland expressing interest in filming in Auckland. One location they are both very interested in is Te Henga quarry. Both productions are aware that the site has been landscaped and that restoration is underway to turn it into a public park.

27. Over the next three weeks, meetings will be set up with the productions and the groups involved in the current restoration/rehabilitation of the site, to understand the proposals, to investigate whether filming at the site is feasible and to understand what the potential benefits to the community/area would be, for example filming fees going towards the park restoration work, installation of park furniture, funding of a toilet block.

Conclusion

28. Filming activity in the Waitakere Ranges area is becoming more frequent with the rapid growth of Auckland’s screen sector. To ensure the impact of these filming activities on local communities are minimised, Screen Auckland will continue to work closely with the Local Board in the Waitakere Ranges area.

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.

Signatories

Authors	Tua Viliamu - Democracy Advisor
Authoriser	Glenn Boyd - Relationship Manager Henderson-Massey, Waitakere Ranges, Whau

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

25 February 2016

Tulai Pasifika Logo.jpg

Tula’i Pasifika

Youth Leadership Project 2014/2015

Final Report

Background:

In 2011, the inaugural Tula’i Leadership Summit was held at the New Lynn Community Centre. Attended by over 100 students from schools across West Auckland, the one day forum was used to “inspire” young Pacific youth as our leaders and decision makers of the future to consider taking on more roles of responsibility and leadership within their respective schools and community. The day was a huge success with teachers, students as well as local youth organisations and government departments supporting the continuation of the initiative.

In August 2014, with assistance from the West Auckland Pasifika Forum (WAPF), the Tula’i Pasifika Summit was re-launched and packaged as a comprehensive leadership programme to equip Pacific young people from across West Auckland with the necessary skills to advocate on behalf of their community.

A detailed leadership programme consisting of 8 modules was developed by the WAPF to support and build on the messaging and ideas delivered at the summit.

Funding for the programme has been provided by the Whau, Henderson-Massey, and the Waitakere Ranges local boards.

The West Auckland Pasifika Forum (WAPF)

The West Auckland Pasifika Forum represents a network of organisations and agencies passionate about supporting and empowering Pacific communities in West Auckland. The Forum is an “action” focused group with a spotlight on “delivery” rather than “advocacy”. Organisations that are currently represented on the forum span the social service spectrum. These include: education, health, justice, housing, and social development.

Key partners for the 2014 / 2015 Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership Project include:

· The Ministry of Education

· UNITEC

· Youth Service West

· New Zealand Police

· The Pacific Islands Safety and Prevention Project

· Auckland Council

· The Fono

· The Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

· Youth Law Aotearoa

· Best Pacific Institute of Education

· Mangomidea

· Financial Literacy Aotearoa

· SisterhoodNZ

The Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership Project

The Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership Project is a pilot multi-agency initiative delivered by the WAPF in partnership with the Auckland Council and the Henderson-Massey, Waitakere Ranges and Whau local boards.

The project comprised of five key phases:

1. The Tula’i Pasifika Summit – held on Thursday 7^th August 2014

2. The Tula’i Family Day – held on Saturday 30^th August 2014

3. Delivery of the Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership modules – Commenced Wednesday 17th September 2014. The last module was delivered June 2015.

4. Community Service Project

5. Leadership Camp, feedback, evaluation and future planning (for the Tula’I programme)

6. Follow up and transitional support into post secondary school engagement.

Target Group

The programme aimed to engage 16 years to 18 year old Pasifika young people/students disengaged or at risk of becoming disengaged in West Auckland. Other cohorts were Year 12 and Year 13 students who have been identified by school staff to have shown leadership potential.

Participating schools & Private Training Establishments (PTE’s):

Schools and PTE’s that attended the 2014 summit included: Avondale College, Green Bay High School, Henderson High School, Kelston Boys High School, Kelston Girls College, Liston College, St Dominics, Waitakere College, BEST Pacific, Village Sports Academy, Athens Community Trust.

1. Tula’i Pasifika Summit

Thursday 7th August 2014, 9.00am - 2.30pm, Kelston Community Centre.

A total of 102 students from eight of the ten participating West Auckland high schools and three private training establishments attended the summit. The gender split included fifty nine (59) females and forty three (43) male. The average age of the participants was 16 years of age with most of the attendees being Year 12 or equivalent.

Of the students that attended eighty two (82) expressed an interest in being part of the youth leadership programme

Initial Teacher-In-Charge reports have been positive and promising. Some examples of responses from students and staff are outlined below:

It was good to meet other like-minded people. Also, to hear the purpose and vision behind Tula’i Pasifika.

Good to get student together. There were some key messages delivered about Pasifika student identity / legacy, etc.

The lunch was outstanding and students felt cared for and spoilt.

The feedback that I got back from our student was very positive and encouraging.

Students felt empowered and lifted their level of self-belief.

Youth Worker Metui Final (Youth Service West) facilitating a workshop

SisterhoodNZ facilitating a workshop with students of local West Auckland high schools

The summit itself was a huge success with local MP’s, politicians, and teachers all commenting on how impressed they were with the coordination and delivery of the event. They were also impressed at how engaged the students were with the activities and workshops organised for the day and the calibre and relevance of the speakers that delivered various messages throughout the day. There was a strong feeling of empowerment and some positive comments for this type of event to continue on an annual basis.

2. Tula’i Pasifika Family Day

Saturday 30th August 2014, 10.00am - 2.00pm, Henderson Police Station

Parents and/or caregivers of all of the students who expressed an interest in taking part in the Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership Project were invited to a family information day. The day was set up to primarily inform parents and caregivers of the programme content and expectations. To assist WAPF in meeting the outcomes of the various modules, it was important that it met with the parents to answer any questions and clarify issues they may have had about the programme. 40 parents attended the inaugaural Tula’I Pasifika Family Day; hosted by members of the WAPF and SisterhoodNZ at the Waitakere Police Station.

WAPF consider parent support as a key component to ensuring a successful outcome for the young person. Parents are the critical partners in this programme. Each module is aimed at a holistic approach to developing youth leadership and the “Youth Development Strategy - Aotearoa” strongly supports this. The modules were be geared at providing support for each of the youth development themes, with a view to enhancing academic achievement.

A light lunch and entertainment was also provided on the day before the start of the formalities.

3. Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership Modules

Held every Wednesday, 4.00pm – 6.00pm, Henderson Police Station

All modules were delivered over a two to four week period.

The first and most important module was delivered on Wednesday 17^th September 2014 and focussed on “Cultural Identity and Leadership”. This module was jointly developed and delivered by the Auckland Council, Ministry of Education, and Unitec and set the tone for the programme as a whole and the following modules.

The second module was delivered on Wednesday 20^th October 2014. The focus of this module was on “Health and Well-Being” and was jointly developed and delivered by The Fono (formerly known as Westfono) and The Pacific Islands Safety and Prevention Project.

The third module “Goal Setting” was delivered Wednesday Feb 11th to 18^th 2015 and focussed the S.M.A.R.T & S.M.A.R.T.E.R method of goal setting within a Pasifika context. Main points of difference were discussed which included family, church, school. This was developed and delivered by Youth Service West.

The fourth module “Communications” was delivered on February 25^th & March 4^th 2015 by SisterhoodNZ. They looked at different styles of communication both interpersonally and within groups. Barriers to communication was also addressed.

Module five “Youth Law” was delivered by Youth Law Aotearoa and NZ Police

Wednesday April 22^- 29^th 2015. Youth found out about legal ages, U.N.C.R.O.C and learned about discrimination, youth employment rights as well as general youth rights and how these are applied in their everyday lives.

Widening the scope on health & wellbeing was module six with a particular focus on “Financial Wellbeing” delivered 6^th to 13^th May 2015. This was not simply knowledge around loans, interest, debt, goals, banking, creating a budget, tracking expenditure. “Wants versus Needs” was discussed and addressed this principle in a Pasifika context within immediate families, the church and fa’alavelave (an event outside of normal family life calling for special attention usu. Within the wider family).

“My Place In My Community” was module seven which was delivered by Auckland Council (with help from Generation Ignite) between May 20^th & 27^th 2015. This module encouraged the Tula’I Pasifika youth to look at how they invest their newfound skills and learnings as young leaders back into their communities.

“Wrap Up” sessions were delivered on 3^rd and 10^th June 2015 which offered any Tula’I Pasifika students the opportunity to catch up on any missed modules before their graduation ceremony Friday 30^th June 2015.

4. Community Service Project - Te Reo Tohu Aroha Te Kohanga Reo

Tuesday 16^th December 2014, 12pm – 3pm, Glen Eden

This event was coordinated by a project committee nominated by the students themselves. The committee Chair was James Tevaga (Kelston Boys High School / Auckland University). The committee spent a day together and decide that they would like to volunteer some time to help out at the Te Reo Tohu Aroha Kohanga Reo in Glen Eden leading into the festive season. A group of around 22 students turned up on the day and performed various jobs around the kohanga including:

· Clean, prep and paint 30m - 40m of fencing

· Relocating 50 cubic meters of garden mulch (and some gravel)

· Clear stones and debris from the main car park

· Dress foliage, garden beds and plants with mulch

· Weeding 25 square meters of plants and garden beds

· General clean up, tidying and maintenance.

Five members of the WAPF also supervised and assisted on the day.

The day was a huge success and the kohanga was very grateful for the time and effort the students had put in to help clean up their premises.

Lunchtime after a long day’s work – giving back to the community

Tula’I Pasifika youth leaders with Terry Davis – Chairperson Te Kohanga Reo o Kakariki

5. Local Board Presentations

Wednesday 4^th – Thursday 26^th March 2015, Local Board Offices.

Five (5) student representatives from the 2014/2015 co-hort were selected to provide feedback to the three (3) West Auckland Local Boards who funded the Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme.

Silence filled the room as the Tula’I Pasifika student representatives stood in awe; looking around council chambers – humbled, yet quietly confident and ready to speak of their experiences and on behalf of their peers on the programme.

This proved an invaluable exercise for these young people as they got to witness, present and engage with a community body of leadership / local board; enforcing the bigger picture of leadership within the wider community. Their presentations were supported by members of the WAPF: Auckland Council, NZ Police, Ministry of Education and Youth Service West.

From the left: Kuini Seuseu (St Dominic’s College), Drewzilla Ogotau (Henderson High School), Lio Veatupu (Liston Boys College) and James Tevaga (Auckland University) at Henderson/Massey Local Board

Tula’I Pasifika students present to the Waitakere Ranges Local Board.

6. Graduation

Friday 30^th June 2015, Te Atatu North Community Centre.

With over 200 members of the community in attendance, twenty three (23) Tula’I Pasifika graduated having completed the programme. They shared their special achievement with local members of parliament, teachers from schools and training institutions, community and youth support providers and most importantly – a large representation of their family members.

A sense of achievement resonated throughout the venue with all in attendance as Tula’I Pasifika graduates crossed the line to receive their awards. Graduates spoke of their journey and how it helped them through their senior years at high school; how skills and knowledge they received from experts in the community contributed to a clear pathway and better decisions for future study, careers and work. A clear sense of co-design was recognised and evidenced as stakeholders (including subject matter experts who informed, contributed and delivered the Tula’I programme) stood side by side with each other and the young leaders they had been supporting over the year – celebrating and reflecting on the collective achievement and their specific contributions to the project.

Graduates, Family, Community

Leaia Ilalio of Glen Eden receiving her award

7. Strategic Leadership Camp

Friday 29^th – Saturday 30^th July 2015, Willow Park

Purpose: The camp provided an opportunity to reflect on our young people’s achievements, re-engage the Tula’I Pasifika youth and gather their feedback, evaluation, ideas and thinking that will assist the Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme to move forward.

Willow Park provided the perfect setting with Half Moon Bay an idyllic backdrop for the day’s event’s and activities.

Sixteen (16) of the twenty-three (23) graduates attended camp. The young people had a great time and the amount and quality of the information collated over the weekend for future planning was overwhelming.

All engaged in open discussion, SWOT exercise, providing commentary and evaluation in relation to content and delivery of the Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme.

The following were main points collated from the feedback and evaluation

· Adding Civics & Politics as a leadership module for the 2016 programme.

· Expanding the reach of the programme to include both Central and South Auckland.

· Increase transitional/pathway support to bridge to post-Secondary School (tertiary studies, employment & education).

· Mentoring – The current co-hort to become mentors to the 2016 group of students.

· Current co-hort to remain involved; have a continued voice (eg. back to local boards).

· More Community Day projects – giving back to the community.

· Timing/alignment of Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme starting and duration to align with school year.

· Extended support for the current co-hort into tertiary/post high school destinations

Tula’I Pasifika student leaders S.W.O.T exercise

Tula’I Pasifika Leadership Camp, Willow Park, 2015

8. Transitional Support | Job Ready | Licensing

Monday 1^st August - Present, Youth Service West

Youth Service West deliver Learner Licence Sessions and support seven (7) Tula’I Pasifika youth to get their Learners Licences . Two (2) more Tula’I Pasifika youth are currently receiving support on Youth Service West’s First Gear Learners Licencing programme.

Youth Service West deliver Job Ready workshops to Tula’I Pasifika youth preparing them for employment/interviews/job search.

Youth Service West follow up with Tula’I Pasifika graduates on a regular basis and support in transitional options (including study and employment pathways) towards 2016.

Students of St Dominic’s Catholic Girls College and Kelston Girls College complete “Job Ready” at Youth Service West.

9. Tertiary Expo

Monday 7^th December 2015 – Best Pacific Institute of Education

The WAPF planned and delivered a Mini Careers Expo held at Best Pacific Institute of Education’s Performing Arts facility (Avondale). The Tula’I graduates got to meet support staff of several tertiary institutes including: Auckland University, Waikato University, Auckland University of Technology, Massey University, Best Pacific Institute of Education, Unitec & NZ School of Tourism. Also present were members of WAPF: Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, Ministry of Education, Youth Service West, Best Pacific Institute of Education, The Fono, NZ Police and Auckland Council.

The Tula’I Pasifka youth also got to hear from their peer – James Tevaga who by this stage, had completed his first year at Auckland University studying towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Education.

The expo then ended with a pese (song) and tatalo (prayer) from the WAPF; encouraging the graduates onwards with their next destination in their journey – life after high school.

James Tevaga (Kelston Boys High School / Auckland University) shares his experiences as

a first year student at Auckland University with his peers.

Some of the providers and students at the Tertiary Careers Expo.

10. Media

“Letter to the future” June 2015 – Western Leader

“Letter to the future youth” – a story published in the Western Leader about an Auckland Council funded project for Youth Week 2015 – We Are The Future, Time Capsule. Six (6) local West Auckland young people were selected to share the experiences & stories of their lives today in 2015. This is stored away for fifteen (15) years to be opened by the community in 2030 and shared with young people, families and the community.

Kuiniseti Seuseu was selected to provide the voice and perspective of young people living in the Ranui community.

Western Leader article 18 June 2015 featuring Tula’I Pasifika young leader & St Dominic’s student – Kuini Seuseu.

“Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme – Leadership through services” December 2015 – nzPacific

“Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme – Leadership through services” – an article published in the NZPacific newspaper which focuses on Pacific and Maori communities in West Auckland. Didien Malifa, manager at NZPacific heard of the great work being done in the west and wanted to use the NZPacific publication to share the success of the Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme; most importantly of our young people, with the wider community. This provided an ideal platform to personalise the programme detailing the individual journey of one of Tula’I Pasifika students, Annaleise Lokeni – and how she would like to reinvest back into her community - as well as the programme as a whole.

Kelston Girls College student Annaleise Lokeni shares her thoughts on leadership and giving back to her community.

Tula’I Pasifika Youth Development Facebook Page

With the Summit delivered and feedback sought from the student participants it soon became evident that Facebook was the best way to communicate – with 100% of the Tula’I Participants (graduates) having their own pages set up.

The Tula’I Pasifika Youth Development Facebook page is a closed group with membership attained only through invitation. It’s current membership consists of the young people on the programme and those who contributed to programme at some stage.

The James Tevaga Trophy – Kelston Boys High School

James Tevaga Kelston Boys High School (year 13, 2014) has been honoured by his former school by having a trophy named after him. It had its inaugural gifting in 2015 to a current student who showed outstanding values and acts of a “Good Samaritan” in line with the characteristics of its namesake. It was awarded to Philip Faresa – who was also on the Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme!

Conclusion

102 students attended The Summit

82 students expressed interest in the ongoing Tula’I Programme

43 committed to ongoing programme

30 average attendance over the 7 modules

23 graduate after completing the Leadership Modules

7 Have gained their Learners Licences (+2 currently studying towards)

7 In paid employment

15 Career Pathways (tertiary study) confirmed

The Tula’i Pasifika Leadership Programme has exceeded our expectations to date in terms of achievement and completion rates for the students who participated.

Tula’I Pasifika Leadership Programme 2016

With the success of the Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme in it’s inaugural full term (with modules) – the Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme embarks on a new journey of Co-Design; taking into account the feedback from the current co-hort of graduates - the WAPF (who make up the Tula’I Planning Group) have started planning for the next Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme 2015/2016 to take place early 2016. Additional support for the move of the programme starting at the beginning of the year (2016) was evidenced by the high attrition rate over the Christmas/New Year holiday period where we lost engagement with almost 50% of the participants.

The WAPF look to align the programme with the scholastic year with modules being delivered according to the year in progress as fed back by students at the Leadership Camp Evaluation and Strategic Planning sessions.

Communications are currently being made with the local colleges and high schools to notify them of the 2016 programme timelines and to start canvassing their students to identify participants.

The Summit (the beginning/launch event) is due to be delivered the week of February 22^nd to 28^th, 2016 with an extra 8^th module to be delivered as requested by the students at camp – “Civics and Politics”; module lead: Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs.

The Summit, Family Day, Modules, Community Day and Graduation Ceremony are set to be delivered by July 2016 .

Ongoing support will again be offered to the graduates of Tula’I Pasifika 2016 as has been done with this year’s graduates – again, requested by the young people. They will then be transitioned to supports in the community (employment, studies) as was done this year at the Mini Careers Expo.

The current co-hort of graduates will also play a part in mentoring the participants of the 2016 programme – and look to provide feedback to appropriate forums including local boards.

Members of WAPF committed to delivering Tula’I Pasifika Leadership programme 2016 include (but not limited to):

· Ministry of Education

· Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

· Youth Service West

· Auckland Council

· Best Pacific Institute of Education

· NZ Police

· The Fono

Other partners include:

· Youth Law Aotearoa

· Financial Literacy Aotearoa

· SisterhoodNZ

THANKS

On behalf of the West Auckland Pasifika Forum I would like to thank you for allowing the Pasifika students, young people and Pasifika support providers of West Auckland the opportunity to inform, design and deliver a programme from within the community, for the community – informed by experts in their respective fields, families and the Pasifika young people themselves.

Ia Manuia,

Dominique Leauga

Community Development Coordinator – Youth Service West

West Auckland Pasifika Forum

Tula’I Pasifika –

“O le ala I le pule o le tautua – the road to leadership is through service”

Chairperson	Sandra Coney, QSO
Deputy Chairperson	Denise Yates, JP
Members	Neil Henderson
	Greg Presland
	Steve Tollestrup
	Saffron Toms