Whau Local Board Open Workshop

NOTES

Notes of an open workshop of the Whau Local Board held in the Whau Local Board Office, 31 Totara Avenue, New Lynn on Wednesday, 27 November 2024 at 11:00 am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Kay Thomas
Deputy Chairperson	Fasitua Amosa
Members	Ross Clow
	Catherine Farmer
	Valeria Gascoigne
	Sarah Paterson-Hamlin
	Warren Piper

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

Whau Local Board Workshop 27 November 2024

5	Local Board Workshop

CONFIDENTIAL Item 1 - Local Board Accommodation Update

11.00am-11.30am

This workshop was held with the public excluded (confidential) due to discussions of commercially sensitive information, to allow free and frank discussion.

CONFIDENTIAL Item 2 - Local Board Annual Planning workshop 5 - Local Consultation Content

11.20am-12.30pm

This workshop was held with the public excluded (confidential), to allow free and frank discussion.

Lunch

Item 3 - Kaituhono Six-Monthly Report 

1.15pm – 2.00pm

Presenter/s:                  Moe Lewin (Kaituhono - Hoani Waititi Marae)

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 The Kaituhono provided the board with a presentation on the delivery of the Hoani Waititi Marae work programme and the to the funding agreement signed by the three western local boards in August 2024.

Attachments

b     Hoani Waititi Kaituhono Six-Monthly Report

Item 4 - Local Parks Volunteering and Programmes Update

2.00pm – 2.15pm

Presenter/s:                  Trish Kirkland-Smith, Volunteering and Programmes Manager

Teresa Davenport, Community Park Ranger

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff provided the local board with a strategic update on local parks ecological volunteering work and achievements, volunteer group aspirations and planning for 2025, and the delivery of Natural Environment Targeted Rate funded programmes that local volunteers, community groups and schools participate in. 

Attachments

c         Presentation - Local Parks Ecological Volunteering & Environmental Programmes Update

Item 5 - Whau River Catchment Trust Annual Report 2023-2024

2.15pm – 2.45pm

Presenter/s:                  Teresa Davenport, Community Park Ranger

Gilbert Brakey, Whau River Catchment general manager

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 The board was presented with a report on the impact and outcomes of the funded initiatives, highlighting how resources have been used to achieve environmental and community goals.

Attachments

d         Presentation - Whau River Catchment Trust Annual Report 2023-2024

e          The Whau River Catchment Trust Parks Community Partnership Report - Auckland Council Parks Programme

Item 6 - Making Space for Water

2.45pm – 3.15pm

Presenter/s:                  Craig Mcilroy, General Manager Healthy Waters and Flood Resilience

Tom Mansell, Head of Sustainable Outcomes

Elizabeth Johnson, Principal Healthy Waters Strategic Programmes

Taylor Farrell, Relationship Advisor

Caroline Tauevihi, Recovery Specialist

Tanya Stocks, Recovery Office Strategic Support

Governance role:          Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff provided the local board with an update on the Making Space for Water regional programme.

Attachments

f          Presentation - Blue-green Network project prioritization

Attachments

a     Presentation - Whau Local Board Board Local consultation content

b     Hoani Waititi Kaituhono Six-Monthly Report

c     Presentation - Local Parks Ecological Volunteering & Environmental Programmes Update

d     Presentation - Whau River Catchment Trust Annual Report 2023-2024

e     The Whau River Catchment Trust
Parks Community Partnership Report - Auckland Council Parks Programme

f     Presentation - Blue-green Network project prioritisation

The workshop finished at 3.15pm