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Date:
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Tuesday 3
December 2024
5:00 pm
Manukau
Chambers
Level 1, Manukau Civic Building
31-33 Manukau Station Road
Manukau
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
OPEN MINUTE ITEM ATTACHMENTS
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ITEM TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
12 Board
Members' Report
A. 3 December 2024
- Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board - Item no.12 - Board Members Report -
Vi Hausia 3
Support for the
redevelopment proposal, including the AT-approved transport outcomes for 14
Davies Avenue, Manukau
A. 3 December 2024
- Otara - Papatoetoe Local Board - Item no. 20 - Support for the redevelopment
proposal, including the AT-approved transport outcomes for 14 Davies Avenue,
Manukau 5
B. Attachment A to
the report - 14 Davies Avenue, Manukau 11
22 Annual
Budget 2025/2026 - local board consultation content
A. 3 December 2024
- Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board - Annual Budget 2025/2026 - Local Board
Consultation Content - Ōtara-Papatoetoe LB SI 25_26 27
B. 3 December 2024
- Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board - Annual Budget 2025/2026 - Local Board
Consultation Content - Ōtara-Papatoetoe LB CD 25_26 31
23 Local
board resolution responses, feedback and information report
A. Principles of
the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 33
24 Record
of Workshop Notes
A. 3 December 2024
- Otara - Papatoetoe Local Board - Item no. 25 - Hotaka Kaupapa - Workshop
Notes - 19 November 2024 35
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Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
03 December 2024
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Memo 29
November 2024
To: Jett
Sharp
cc: Victoria
Villaraza, Local Area Manager, Governance and Engagement
From: Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board
Subject: Principles
of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill
Purpose
1. To provide
Ōtara Papatoetoe Local Board’s feedback, as part of Auckland Council
submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill (the Bill), under
delegation (Resolution no. ŌP/2022/183 (k))
Context/Background
2. The Justice
Committee has called for public submissions on the Bill, with a closing date of
07 January 2025.
3. The purpose
of the bill is to set out principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in legislation,
and require, where relevant, those principles to be used when interpreting
legislation.
4. Auckland
Council intend to provide a submission. Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Boards is
providing feedback for inclusion in drafting the submission.
Feedback
5. The
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board tuhi ā-taipitopito/note the following
points as feedback:
a. Te Tiriti o
Waitangi (Te Tiriti) is the founding document of the modern nation of Aotearoa,
New Zealand. All civic and political institutions we have today are existent
before of Te Tiriti.
b. Parliamentary
sovereignty is secondary and subservient to Te Tiriti. Therefore, a simple
majority in Parliament cannot and should not have the authority to alter Te
Tiriti and its principles.
c. The Treaty
principles represent the partnership, protection, and participation obligations
between the Crown and Maori. Removing statutory references to these principles
undermines the Crown's duty to honour its obligations to tangata whenua. The
board does not support changes that lead to the erosion of the Crown's
responsibilities to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi
d. note that the Bill's direct
contradiction of existing legislation, including but not limited to, the
Bill contradicts existing legislation, including the Local Government Act 2002
and the Resource Management Act 1991, which require councils to promote
community well-being and respect the Crown's obligations under Te Tiriti. Removing these principles would
render these protections meaningless and create inconsistency across all public sectors. It would also disrupt
local government partnerships with Maori, erode
trust, and alienate them from local government.
e. Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board is a diverse community of nearly 90,000 people, with more than half
being Māori and Pacific (65%), Asian (mainly Indian – 20%), and only
14.6% Pākeha. We have come to this land seeking a better life and thrive
here because Tangata Whenua welcomed us. Without Te Tiriti, non-Māori
would not be here.
f. Pacific
people stand united with our Polynesian kin. Our histories have all been shaped
by colonisation, and we understand how our collective cultures and values can
clash with individualistic worldviews.
g. Te Tiriti and its
principles offer a path forward for all New Zealanders. However, any changes to
Te Tiriti and its principles must be jointly by Māori and the Crown, not
unilaterally.
h. The
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board strongly opposes the Bill and would like to
take up any opportunity arising where/if Auckland Council’s Policy and
Planning Committee approves the development of a council submission on the
bill, speak to its feedback, to the Parliamentary Justice Select Committee
·
Apulu Reece Autagavaia,
LLB, BA
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Chairperson,
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Date:
29 November 2024
