Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel

OPEN MINUTES

Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel held in the Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010 on Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 7.05pm.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Interim Chairperson	Ireen Rahiman-Manuel
Members	Aadil Basha
	Eva Chen
	Dr Acacia Cochise
	Roz Kumar, JP
	Abdul Mohamud, JP
	Krish Naidu
	Ogonna Nweke
	Luke Qin, JP
	Parminder Singh, JP
	Jasmine Yang

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

Liaison Councillor	Kerrin Leoni
Chief Liaison Councillor	Julie Fairey

He Hunga atu anō i Tae mai | IN ATTENDANCE

Lead Officer	Manoj Ragupathy
Principal Advisor Panels	Victoria Wicks-Brown
Governance Advisor	Karen Ishikawa
Programme Manager	Tamsyn Matchett
Principal Planner Rapid Transit Network (Auckland Transport)	Luke Elliot

Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel 22 August 2023

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

That the Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel:

a) accept the apology from Liaison Councillor Cr K Leoni and Chief Liaison Councillor for absence.

2          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | 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          Other Business

There were no other business.

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Meeting dates for the reminder of the 2022 - 2025 term

That the Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel: a)      note the meeting dates for the remainder of the 2022 – 2025 term. i)        Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 4.30pm ii)       Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 4.30pm iii)      Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 4.30pm iv)      Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 4.30pm v)      Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 4.30pm vi)      Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 4.30pm vii)     Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 4.30pm viii)    Tuesday, 29 April 2025    , 4.30pm ix)      Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 4.30pm x)      Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 4.30pm

At 7.15pm the interim Chairperson I Rahiman-Manuel vacated the chair in favour of the Lead Officer of the Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel Manoj Ragupathy.

5	Election of Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel co-chairs for the 2022 - 2025 term
	Note:   Supporting documents had been circulated prior to the meeting.  Copies have been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as minutes attachments.
	That the Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel: a)      elected the co-chairs Ireen Rahiman-Manuel and Krish Naidu for the 2022 – 2025 term.
	Attachments a     22 August 2023, Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel: Item 5 - Election of Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel co-chairs for the 2022 - 2025 term, Expression of Interests

The meeting was closed by Manoj Ragupathy, Lead Officer of the Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel with a karakia.

7.33pm                                               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 Ethnic Communities Advisory Panel HELD ON

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