Te Komiti mō te Kaupapa Here me te Whakamahere / Policy and Planning Committee Workshop - Natural Hazards Plan Change - draft stage

OPEN NOTES

Notes of a workshop of the Policy and Planning Committee held in Room 1, Level 26, Te Wharau o Tāmaki - Auckland House, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 10.02am. A recording of the meeting is available here: https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/meetings-council-bodies/Pages/webcasts-council-meetings.aspx

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Cr Richard Hills
Members	Cr Andrew Baker
	Cr Josephine Bartley	Via electronic link
	Cr Chris Darby	From 10.18am, Item 3
	Cr Julie Fairey
	Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO	Via electronic link, from 10.13am, Item 3
	Cr Shane Henderson	From 10.19am, Item 3
	Cr Kerrin Leoni	Via electronic link
	Cr Daniel Newman, JP	Via electronic link, from 11.13am
	Cr Greg Sayers	Via electronic link until 11.26am, Item 3
	Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, JP	Via electronic link
	Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM	Via electronic link
	Cr Ken Turner	From 10.19am, Item 3
	Cr Wayne Walker	Via electronic link, from 10.06am, Item 3
	Cr John Watson	Via electronic link
	Cr Maurice Williamson	Via electronic link

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

Deputy Chairperson	Cr Angela Dalton
Members	Mayor Wayne Brown
	Houkura Member Edward Ashby
	Cr Alf Filipaina, MNZM
	Cr Lotu Fuli
	Houkura Member Hon Tau Henare
	Cr Mike Lee

Te Hunga Āpiti kua Tae mai | ALSO PRESENT

Name	Local Board
Christina Robertson	Albert-Eden Local Board
Julia Maskill	Albert-Eden Local Board
Kendyl Smith	Albert-Eden Local Board
Melissa Powell	Devonport-Takapuna Local Board
Alan Cole	Franklin Local Board
Angela Fulljames	Franklin Local Board
Julia Parfitt JP	Hibiscus and Bays Local Board
Scott Milne JP	Ōrākei Local Board
Ella Kumar JP	Puketāpapa Local Board
Anna Atkinson	Upper Harbour Local Board
Kyle Parker	Upper Harbour Local Board
Sylvia Yang	Upper Harbour Local Board
Alexandra Bonham	Waitematā Local Board
Richard Northey ONZM	Waitematā Local Board

Workshops enable staff to explore options with elected members before ideas are fully developed, and to receive feedback and guidance on policy development or project design. No resolutions or decisions are made by elected members at workshops and so the requirements of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 relating to local authority meetings do not apply.

Policy and Planning Committee Workshop 12 March 2025

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

That the Policy and Planning Committee Workshop:

a) whakaae / accepted the apologies from members

Absence

Houkura Member E Ashby
Cr A Filipaina
Cr L Fuli – on council business

Note:   An apology was subsequently received from Mayor W Brown for absence.

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	Open Workshop: Natural Hazards Plan Change - draft stage
	A PowerPoint presentation was given covering the following item. A copy has been attached and is available on the Auckland Council website as a notes attachment

Item

Recap of work on a plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan for natural hazards and progress to date

Presented by Phill Reid, Auckland-wide Planning Manager

Cr J Fairey entered the workshop at 10.04am.
Cr W Walker joined the workshop at 10.06am.
Cr C Fletcher joined the workshop at 10.13am.
Cr D Newman joined the workshop at 10.13am.

Overview of the proposed draft changes to the AUP to strengthen its ability to manage natural hazard risk

Presented by Tian Liu, Senior Policy Planner

Cr C Darby entered the workshop at 10.18am.
Cr K Turner entered the workshop at 10.19am.
Cr S Henderson entered the workshop at 10.19am.

Timeline and next steps

Presented by Phill Reid, Auckland-wide Planning Manager

Cr G Sayers retired from the workshop at 11.26am.

Attachments

a     12 March 2025, Policy and Planning Committee Workshop, Natural Hazards Plan Change - draft stage - presentation

The workshop finished at 11.29am.