Waiheke Local Board Workshop

OPEN NOTES

Notes of a workshop of the Waiheke Local Board Workshop  held in the Waiheke Local Board Office, 10 Belgium, Ostend, Waiheke Island on Wednesday, 5 March 2025 at 10:30 am.

The recordings of the sessions are available here:

Session one                https://youtu.be/QPMZlRsWoew

Session two                TBC

Session three              TBC

Session four                https://youtu.be/HuZL94jCLiE

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Cath Handley
Deputy Chairperson	Kylee Mathews
Members	Bianca Ranson	via electronic link
	Robin Tucker
	Paul Walden	Session 4 via electronic link

Whakataka te hau ki te uru              Cease oh winds of the west and of the south

Whakataka te hau ki te tonga          Let the bracing breezes flow  

Kia mākinakina ki uta                       over the land and the sea

Kia mātaratara ki tai                         Let the red-tipped dawn come

E hī ake ana te atakura                    with a sharpened edge,  

He tio, he huka, he hauhū               a touch of frost

Tihei Mauri Ora!                               a promise of a glorious day!

Waiheke Local Board Workshop 05 March 2025

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

There were no apologies.

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.

5	Local Board Workshop

Session 1 – 10.30am – 11.00am

Waiheke Adult Learning update

Attendees:                 Jo Nuttall  - Manager, Waiheke Adult Learning

                                   Kaiwai Rhind – Kaiako, Te Reo Māori, Waiheke Adult Learning

Summary of discussion

Members received a progress report on the Te Reo Māori programme offered by Waiheke Adult Learning. The support of the Local Board was acknowledged, and the communities of learning that have been created were celebrated.

Attachment:                Attachment A (see below)

Session 2 – 11.30am – 12.30pm

Local Board budget update and cost pressures discussion

Attendees:                   Audrey Gan – Lead Financial Advisor

                                    Linda Smith – Principal Integration Specialist

                                    Ruchita Patel – Integration Specialist

Summary of discussion

Members were updated on their budget position, given an overview of cost pressures not anticipated at the time of Long Term Plan creation, and presented with options to address these cost pressures, on which to provide feedback.

A   Attachment:                 Attachment B (see below)

                                                      LUNCH

Session 3 – 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Development Contributions 2025 proposal

Attendees:                 Andrew Duncan – Manager, Financial Policy

                                  Audrey Gan – Lead Financial Advisor

                                  Brigid Duffield – Chief Advisor, Growth Infrastructure Funding and        Finance

                                  Bobbi Parkinson – Principal Advisor, Financial Policy

Summary of discussion

Members were provided with an update on the proposed government reforms to housing infrastructure funding (to be introduced in 2027) and supported to provide feedback on the current Development Contributions 2025 proposal.

Attachment:                Attachment C (see below)

Session 4 – 1.30 – 2.30pm

Parks and Community Facilities monthly update

Attendees:                Shane Hogg – Manager, Area Operations

                               Sue Gluskie – Facilities Coordinator

                               Bridget Velvin – Facilities Manager

                               Jacqui Thompson-Fell – Parks and Places Specialist

                               Cynthia DeLonge – Project Manager

Summary of discussion:

Members were updated on Community Facilities and Parks projects and activities for the months of December 2024 and January 2025, including the proposed design for shade provision in Artworks courtyard.

Attachments:               Attachment C and E (see below)  

Attachments

a     Waiheke Adult Learning update - Te Reo Māori

b     Waiheke Local Board budget and cost pressure workshop presentation

c     Development Contributions presentation

d     Parks and Community Facilities monthly report Dec 2024 - Jan 2025

e     Artworks courtyard shade presentation

Karakia Whakamutanga – Unuhia, Unuhia

Unuhia, unuhia                                              Release, release

Unuhia ki te uru tapu nui                             Release us from this sacred state

Kia wātea, kia māmā, te ngakau                  to clear and set free the heart

Te tinana. me te wairua, I te ara takatū      body and spirit so that we are prepared

Koa rā e Rongo                                             Let peace and humility

Whakairia ake ki runga                                 be raised among us

Kia tina! TINA!                                               And be made manifest (indeed!)

Haumi e. hui e,TAIKI E!                                Draw it together! Affirm! It is done!