Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel held in the Boardroom, Auckland Town Hall, Ground Floor, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 3 August 2016 at 6.10pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Dave Tomu

 

Deputy Chairperson

Anita Keestra

 

Members

Naoe Hashimoto

 

 

Yee Yang 'Square' Lee

 

 

Angela Lim

 

 

Mabel Msopero

From 6.14pm, Item 5.

Liaison Councillor

Councillor Denise Krum

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Asoka Basnayake

 

 

 

Christian Dee Yao

 

 

 

Pratima Nand

 

 

 

Wong Liu Shueng

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Mayor Len Brown

From 6.16pm, Item 5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel

03 August 2016

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number ETH/2016/27

MOVED by Member Y Lee , seconded by Member A Keestra:  

That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel:

a)         accept the apologies from Member A Basnayake, Member C Yao, Member P Nand, and Member W Shueng for absence, and from Mayor LCM Brown for lateness.

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 ETH/2016/28

MOVED by Member D Tomu, seconded by Member N Hashimoto:  

That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 22 June 2016, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

4          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

5

Auckland Council's work in supporting positive refugee resettlement

 

Member M Msopero entered the meeting at 6.14 pm.

Mayor LCM Brown entered the meeting at 6.16 pm.

 

Abigael Vogt, Practice Manager was in attendance and spoke to the item.

Chairperson Dave Tomu welcomed Mayor Len Brown to the meeting.

 

Resolution number ETH/2016/29

MOVED by Member A Lim, seconded by Member Y Lee :  

That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel:

a)         receive the update about council’s work relating to refugee resettlement in Auckland.

CARRIED

 


 

6

Information items

 

Mayor Len Brown discussed with the panel: ‘What next?’ for representation of the views of the broad diversity of ethnic communities of Auckland, and asked the panel for their views on the challenges of being a new or recent migrant to Auckland.

 

Note:   Changes to the original motion were incorporated with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number ETH/2016/30

MOVED by Member Y Lee , seconded by Member A Keestra:  

That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel:

a)         receive the updates from the chair and panel members.

b)        note that Chairperson Dave Tomu acknowledged the attendance of the mayor and the depth of the discussions at the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

7

Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel work programme update - August 2016

 

Resolution number ETH/2016/31

MOVED by Member A Lim, seconded by Member N Hashimoto:  

That the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel:

a)         receive the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel work programme update for August 2016.

CARRIED

 

 

8          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

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

 

CONFIRMED AS TRUE AND CORRECT BY

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