Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel
OPEN MINUTES
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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.
Chairperson |
Dave Tomu |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Anita Keestra |
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Members |
Naoe Hashimoto |
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Yee Yang 'Square' Lee |
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Angela Lim |
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Mabel Msopero |
From 6.14pm, Item 5. |
Liaison Councillor |
Councillor Denise Krum |
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ABSENT
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Asoka Basnayake |
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Christian Dee Yao |
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Pratima Nand |
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Wong Liu Shueng |
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ALSO PRESENT
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Mayor Len Brown |
From 6.16pm, Item 5. |
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Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel 03 August 2016 |
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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. |
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. |
4 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary business.
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Auckland Council's work in supporting positive refugee resettlement |
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Member M Msopero entered the meeting at 6.14 pm. Mayor LCM Brown entered the meeting at 6.16 pm. |
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Abigael Vogt, Practice Manager was in attendance and spoke to the item. Chairperson Dave Tomu welcomed Mayor Len Brown to the meeting. |
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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 councils work relating to refugee resettlement in Auckland. |
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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. |
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Note: Changes to the original motion were incorporated with the agreement of the meeting. |
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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. |
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Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel work programme update - August 2016 |
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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. |
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.
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