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Waiheke Local
Board
24 August 2022
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1 Welcome
Deputy Chair
Kylee Matthews chaired the meeting.
Members led the
meeting with a karakia.
Kua uru mai a hau kaha, a hau maia, a hau ora, a hau nui,
Ki runga, ki raro,
ki roto, ki waho
Rire, rire hau…pai marire
Translation
(non-literal) - Rama Ormsby
Let the winds
bring us inspiration from beyond,
Invigorate us
with determination and courage to achieve our aspirations for abundance and
sustainability
Bring calm, bring all things good, bring
peace… good peace.
2 Apologies
3 Declaration
of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
4 Confirmation
of Minutes
5 Leave
of Absence
There were no
leaves of absence.
6 Acknowledgements
There were no
acknowledgements.
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.
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Minutes of the Waiheke Transport Forum 3
August 2022
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Resolution
number WHK/2022/124
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson K Matthews, seconded by
Member B Upchurch:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
a)
note the minutes of the Waiheke
Transport Forum business meeting dated 3
August
2022.
b)
request Auckland
Transport:
i)
to work with
Waiheke Volunteer Coastguard urgently to enable immediate temporary berthing
if required at Matiatia whilst ferries are having to berth at the northern
(old) pier.
ii)
to investigate
options for a long term safely accessible permanent berth for the Coastguard
considering other users.
iii)
to provide advice
to the board on how a waterside wharf user berthing needs-assessment may be
progressed for Matiatia Wharf.
CARRIED
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Auckland Council’s Quarterly
Performance Report: Waiheke Local Board for quarter four 2021/2022
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Resolution
number WHK/2022/125
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson K Matthews, seconded by
Member R Tucker:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
a) receive
the performance report for quarter four ending 30 June 2022.
b) note the financial performance report in
Attachment B of the report will remain confidential until after the Auckland
Council Group results for 2021/2022 are released
to the New Zealand’s Exchange (NZX) which are expected to be made
public on 29 August 2022.
CARRIED
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Adoption of Waiheke Local Board Island
Ngahere Action Plan 2022
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Resolution
number WHK/2022/126
MOVED by Member R Tucker, seconded by Member B Upchurch:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
a) adopt
the Waiheke Local Board
Island Ngahere 10 Year Action Plan in
Attachment A of the agenda report.
b) request that Parks, Sport and Recreation staff review the
Waiheke Local Board Island Ngahere 10-Year Action Plan every three years and
provide a report updating the local board on progress of delivery of the
action plan.
c) request that Parks, Sport and Recreation staff review the
Waiheke Local Board Island Ngahere Action Plan implementation work programme
annually and provide a report to the local board on the delivery of new tree
plantings.
d) delegate
authority to the Waiheke Local Board Chair and Deputy Chair with majority
member support, to approve final changes and amendments to the text and
design of the Waiheke
Local Board Island Ngahere
10-year Action Plan.
CARRIED
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Local Government Electoral Legislation Bill
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Resolution
number WHK/2022/127
MOVED by Member R Tucker, seconded by Member B Upchurch:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
Provide the following feedback to the proposed
changes outlined in the Local Government Electoral Legislation Bill:
a)
support providing
local authorities (councils) with a revised process for deciding their
representation arrangements that makes the consideration of specific
Māori representation a fundamental step in that process,
b)
restate its
previous feedback on Māori Wards and constituency process (22 September
2021 Resolution number WHK/2021/128 ):
To support Crown commitments to Te Tiriti o
Waitangi, the Waiheke Local Board supports:
i)
Auckland
Council establishing Māori wards in addition to the full resourcing of
the Independent Māori Statutory Board. Once established at Auckland
Council, a model for Māori elected representation should be considered
for Local Boards.
ii)
The Waiheke
Local Board recognises that Māori elected positions will support the
importance of the Māori community voice in all matters, giving assurance
that those matters directly impacting Māori can be dealt with more
appropriately.
iii)
The Royal
Commission of 2007 indicated (para 22.64) that experience elsewhere was that
all elected members receive “a better understanding of iwi issues than
would have been possible without separate Māori representation. This is
the trade-off between a fair democratic process, where there is equal
representation for all in our region, and the acknowledgement that Maoridom
would [have] had a lesser voice without separate representation.”
c)
advocate that
methods be investigated to better enable Māori representation at a local
board level.
d)
support a change
the current restriction on the number of councillors on Auckland Council
endorsing that the current restriction on the number of councillors to 20
plus a mayor affects Auckland Council’s ability to provide effective
representation for all its growing communities and to provide specific
Māori representation without diminishing the representation of other
communities.
e)
support simplifying
the process for unitary authorities to adjust local board boundaries noting
the current process required for local boards is aligned to a full
reorganisation process, even for minor amendments.
f)
endorse the
proposed Schedule 3A update wording to ensure that before submitting a
unitary authority-led reorganisation application, the unitary authority must
consider any views and preferences expressed by any local boards that would
be affected by the reorganisation plan
g)
support the
proposed update to the processes for when an election result is tied so that
a recount occurs rather than a toss of a coin or draw of a straw.
h)
support enabling
all candidates to submit nominations electronically as well as via paper
form.
CARRIED
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Proposed Auckland Climate Grant programme
2022/2023
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Resolution
number WHK/2022/129
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson K Matthews, seconded by
Member R Tucker:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
a) welcome the
opportunity to provide feedback for inclusion in Auckland Climate Grant.
b)
note the board’s commitment to respond to the challenge of climate
change through its initiatives in the 2020 Local Board Plan as follows:
i.
continue to endorse
Electric Island Waiheke in its goal to support Waiheke to become fossil-fuel
free by 2030
ii.
develop a Waiheke
Climate Resiliency Plan which aligns with the Coastal Compartment Plan and
council’s Climate Action Plan (to include elements such as sea level
rise, coastal inundation, energy sources, increasing stormwater, food
resiliency and water security)
iii.
support
community-led programmes that achieve sustainable and low-carbon behaviour
change and self-sufficiency such as composting, vegetable gardens, renewable
energy generation and food waste reduction.
c)
note completion of the Waiheke Climate Action Plan in
2021 and appointed a Climate Activator early in 2022 to implement the
plan’s key actions.
d) note that the
board’s Ngahere Strategy and Waiheke Resources Trust’s Love Our
Wetlands project (of which the board is a primary funder) are resulting in
significant numbers of eco-sourced native trees planted across the island
which will make a significant contribution to improving Waiheke’s
carbon footprint.
e) support the two-tier
approach to the grants with the lower value response grants and high-value
strategic grants which will enable larger projects of regional impact.
f)
acknowledge the need for community organisations to access significant
funding beyond the means of local boards.
g) acknowledge that many of the most
innovative initiatives which address
climate change
goals will inevitably be community-based.
h)
commend the achievements of board-endorsed Electric Island Waiheke with now
over 600 electric vehicles for a total population of 9500, the highest
proportion of EV ownership in the country.
i)
offer this is an example of an exemplary community initiative which can
inspire the rest of the region with the support of funds such as the Auckland
Climate Grant.
j)
note that communities learn from each other, so the grants will
enable
modelling and growth of CO2-reducing projects for the city.
CARRIED
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Urgent decision noting report - Feedback on
the Auckland Council Regional Stormwater Network Discharge consent review
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Resolution
number WHK/2022/131
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson K Matthews, seconded by
Member B Upchurch:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
a) note
the board’s feedback on the Regional Stormwater Network Discharge
consent review (Attachment B of the agenda report) provided via the local board’s
urgent decision-making process.
CARRIED
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Feedback under delegation noting report -
Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill
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Resolution
number WHK/2022/132
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson K Matthews, seconded by
Member B Upchurch:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
a. note the board’s
feedback, provided under delegation, to support Council’s submission to
the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment
Bill:
i. note the action supporting a Smokefree Aotearoa
in its 2020 Local Board Plan which states: “Support actions and
policies aimed at reducing harm caused by alcohol, smoking, drugs and gambling,
including development of a local alcohol policy”.
ii. support the measures contained in the Bill which:
A. significantly limit the number of retailers
able to sell smoked tobacco products
B. aim to prevent young people from taking up
smoking by prohibiting the sale of smoked tobacco products to anyone born on
or after 1 January 2009
C. aim to make smoked tobacco products less
appealing and addictive.
iii. recommend that the Bill should include educational
components focused on prevention as well as smoking cessation support.
CARRIED
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Feedback under delegation noting report -
Submission on Te mahere urutaunga ā-motu (tuhinga hukihuki): Draft
National Adaptation Plan
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Resolution
number WHK/2022/133
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson K Matthews, seconded by
Member B Upchurch:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
a) note
the formal feedback provided under delegation on Te mahere urutaunga
ā-motu (tuhinga hukihuki): The draft national adaptation plan (NAP)
(Attachment A of the agenda report).
b) thank Chair Cath Handley for the considerable amount of work
done on the feedback on behalf of the local board.
CARRIED
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24 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
Member Tucker closed the meeting with a
karakia.
Waiho i te toipoto kaua i te toiroa
Let us keep close together, not far
apart
6.11 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 Waiheke Local Board HELD ON
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