Manurewa Local Board Workshop

OPEN NOTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Manurewa Local Board Workshop  held in the Manurewa Local Board Office, 7 Hill Road, Manurewa on Thursday, 27 February 2025 at 1:34 pm.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Matt Winiata
Deputy Chairperson	Glenn Murphy
Members	Joseph Allan
	Heather Andrew	Until 3.50pm
	Angela Cunningham-Marino	From 2.11pm
	Andrew Lesa	Until 3.50pm

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

Rangi McLean

Manurewa Local Board Workshop 27 February 2025

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

Note the apology from Member Rangi McLean.

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	Local Board Workshop

Item 1 – 1.30-2.00pm

Local Board Time

Presenter/s:                  Members and Staff

Summary of Discussions

Members and staff gave each other updates on meetings attended and upcoming events.

For further details of this discussion please refer to the link at the bottom of this document.

Item 2 – 2.00-3.00pm

Kai Resilience

Presenter/s:                  Petelo Esekielu

(Specialist Advisor, Community Wellbeing)

Cynthia Karikala

(Specialist Advisor, Community Wellbeing)

Carole Blacklock

(Specialist Advisor, Community Wellbeing)

Matt Appleyard

(Manager Healthy Families, Community Wellbeing)

Summary of Discussions

Staff presented options to the board around Kai Resilience following a workshop in December 2024.

· A member asked about how different communities will be supported if they are not involved in churches or other religious communities. Staff responded that they are working with already existing groups to try and promote outreach, and do not only work with churches.

· Community gardens are also often used as a teaching gardens so that people can take the skills with them.

· The Chair highlighted the importance/effectiveness of community gardens when community groups are working together.

· The Chair also emphasised that any initiatives that are implemented should not interfere with current set ups from community groups.

· The board were supportive of the ideas put forward in the presentation and wanted to hear further details in the upcoming work programme development workshop scheduled for 27 March 2025.

For further details please refer to the link at the bottom of the document.

Item 3 – 3.00-4.00pm

Manurewa Community Grants Review and Presentation

Presenter/s:                  Amber Deng

(Grants Advisor, Group Treasurer)

Summary of Discussions

Staff gave an overview of the current Community Grants programme and gave suggested changes for the eligibility criteria (refer to slides for other suggested changes).

· A member asked what the suggested budget for the Youth Grant budget would be. Staff responded that they currently did not have this number, and since they had a few applicants previously, the advice would be the same. However, since a youth specialist is now in place staff can provide further details.

· A member asked if priority could be given to first time applicants for the youth grant rounds.

· The board discussed possible options for increasing youth access to board funding.

For further details on this discussion please refer to the bottom of this document.

Break

Item 4 – 4.10-4.40pm

Local Board Accommodation Update

Presenter/s:                  Paul Pua

(Business Operations Advisor, Governance and Engagement)

Rod Aitken

(Head of Corporate Property, Corporate Support Services)

Alana McClintock

(Senior Business Operations Lead, Governance and Engagement)

Kristy Barry

(Worksmart Change Manager, Corporate Support Services)

Summary of Discussions

· Staff advised that the South Building is too big to be a local board-only office, however it is possible that it could be sectioned off. Eke Panuku would need to be involved.

· Substantive work would need to be done prior to fitting out the office for the local board (toilets, plumbing, air conditioning) and may be cost prohibitive.

· Co-habitation of a vet clinic and local board would be challenging, as it would require partitioning between two spaces in order to ensure no disruption between the two.

· Refurbishing of the current space is an option, Corporate Property would be able to fit out the space sooner because they have full ownership of the space and would not have the complexity of leases. Any refurbishment would accommodate access needs.

· Direction from the board is to refurbish the current local board office space, however this is conditional on council acquiring extra space.

For further details on this discussion please refer to the bottom of this document.

Thursday 27 February 2025 Recording of Manurewa Local Board workshop https://youtu.be/LXD0m-NSSy0

4.55 pm