Te Komiti mō te Kaupapa Here me te Whakamahere / Policy and Planning Committee Workshop - Auckland Council’s approach to community planning for climate disruption

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 11.46am.  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
Deputy Chairperson	Cr Angela Dalton	From 12.14pm, Item 3
Members	Cr Andrew Baker
	Cr Josephine Bartley	Via electronic link From 11.59am, Item 3
	Mayor Wayne Brown	From 11.49am, Item 3
	Cr Chris Darby
	Cr Julie Fairey
	Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO	Via electronic link
	Cr Lotu Fuli	Via electronic link
	Cr Shane Henderson
	Cr Kerrin Leoni	Via electronic link
	Cr Daniel Newman, JP	Via electronic link From 12.01pm, Item 3
	Cr Greg Sayers	Via electronic link
	Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, JP	Via electronic link
	Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM	Via electronic link
	Cr Wayne Walker	Via electronic link From 11.50am, Item 3
	Cr John Watson	Via electronic link
	Cr Maurice Williamson	Via electronic link From 11.47am, Item 3

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

Members	Houkura Member Edward Ashby
	Cr Alf Filipaina, MNZM
	Houkura Member Hon Tau Henare
	Cr Mike Lee
	Cr Ken Turner

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
Cr K Turner

Lateness

Mayor W Brown – on council business

Early departure

Mayor W Brown – on council business

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: Auckland Council’s approach to community planning for climate disruption
	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

Update on how Auckland Council is supporting communities to adapt to Climate Disruption

Presented by Ben Brooks, Senior Policy Manager and Bonnie Apps, Principal Policy Advisor

Cr M Williamson joined the workshop at 11.47am.
Cr C Darby entered the workshop at 11.48am.
Mayor W Brown entered the workshop at 11.49am.
Cr W Walker joined the workshop at 11.50am.

What Auckland needs from the government’s adaptation legislation

Presented by Ben Brooks, Senior Policy Manager and Bonnie Apps, Principal Policy Advisor

Cr J Bartley joined the workshop at 11.57am.

Attachments

a     12 March 2025, Policy and Planning Committee Workshop - Auckland Council’s approach to community planning for climate disruption - presentation

The workshop finished at 12.17pm.