Whau Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Whau Local Board held in the Whau Local Board Office, 31 Totara Avenue, New Lynn on Wednesday, 18 September 2024 at 1:00 pm.

 

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

 

Chairperson

Kay Thomas

 

Deputy Chairperson

Fasitua Amosa

 

Members

Ross Clow

 

 

Catherine Farmer

 

 

Sarah Paterson-Hamlin

 

 

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

 

Member

Warren Piper

 

 

 

Susan Zhu

 

 

 

Te Hunga Āpiti kua Tae mai | ALSO PRESENT

 

Councillor

Kerrin Leoni

(Online)

 

 

 

 

 


Whau Local Board

18 September 2024

 

 

 

1          Nau mai | Welcome

 

Chairperson Kay Thomas opened the meeting with a karakia.

 

 

2          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

 

Resolution number WH/2024/105

MOVED by Chairperson K Thomas, seconded by Deputy Chairperson F Amosa:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)          whakaae / accept the apologies from Member W Piper and Member S Zhu.

CARRIED

 

 

3          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

 

Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant and 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 that they have not previously disclosed and any interest that might be considered as a conflict of interest with a matter on the agenda.

 

The following are declared interests of elected members of the Whau Local Board:

 

Member

Organisation

Position

Kay Thomas

New Lynn Citizens Advice Bureau

Volunteer

Citizens Advice Bureau
Waitākere Board

Deputy Chair

Literacy Waitākere

Board Member

West Auckland Heritage Conference

Committee Member

Whau Ethnic Collective

Patron

Whau Wildlink Network

Member

Fasitua Amosa

Equity NZ

Vice President

Massive Theatre Company

Board Member

Avondale Business Association

Family Member is Chair

Silo Theatre Trust

Board Member

Ross Clow

Portage Licensing Trust

Trustee

Te Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust

Patron

Bay Olympic Sports Club

Life Member

Forest and Bird Society

Member

Waitākere Ranges Protection Society

Member

New Lynn Heritage Protection Society

Member

Trust Community foundation Limited

Trustee

Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club

Member

Libraries

Family Member is Librarian

Catherine Farmer

Avondale-Waterview Historical Society

Member

Blockhouse Bay Historical Society

Member

Blockhouse Bay Bowls

Patron

Forest and Bird organisation

Member

Grey Power

Member

Sarah Paterson-Hamlin

New Zealand Down Syndrome Association

Employee

 

Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre

Employee

Warren Piper

New Lynn RSA

Associate Member

New Lynn Business Association

Member

Susan Zhu

Chinese Women Association of New Zealand

Member / Legal Advisor

Chinese Medicine Council of New Zealand

Member / Deputy Chair

 

External Organisations

Lead

Alternate

The Avondale Business Association

Kay Thomas

Ross Clow

The Blockhouse Bay Business Association

Warren Piper

Sarah Paterson-Hamlin

The New Lynn Business Association

Warren Piper

Kay Thomas

The Rosebank Business Association

Warren Piper

Fasitua Amosa

The Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust

Ross Clow

Sarah Paterson-Hamlin

 

 

 

 

 

4

Whau Local Board Annual Report 2023/2024

 

Resolution number WH/2024/106

MOVED by Chairperson K Thomas, seconded by Deputy Chairperson F Amosa:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)      whai / adopt the draft 2023/2024 Whau Local Board Annual Report as set out in Attachment A to the agenda report.

b)      tuhi ā-taipitopito / note that any proposed changes after the adoption will be clearly communicated and agreed with the chairperson before the report is submitted for adoption by the Governing Body on 26 September 2024.

CARRIED

 

 

1.03 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 Whau Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

CHAIRPERSON:.......................................................