Whau Local Board Workshop

NOTES

Notes of the Whau Local Board Workshop held in the Whau Local Board Office, 31 Totara Avenue, New Lynn on Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 10.30am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Kay Thomas
Deputy Chairperson	Fasitua Amosa
Members	Ross Clow
	Catherine Farmer
	Valeria Gascoigne
	Warren Piper

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

Sarah Paterson-Hamlin

Whau Local Board Workshop 12 March 2025

5	Local Board Workshop

Item 1 - Parks & Community Facilities monthly update

10.30am-11.3am

Presenter/s:                  Shane Hogg, Manager Area Operations

Tracey Hodder, Parks & Places Specialist

Sophie Heusel, Parks Specialist

Elvira Kolmychenko, Work Programme Lead

Cynthia Delonge, Project Manager (Ops)

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff provided the board with a monthly update, including on the design progress of the sandpit at Olympic Park.

Attachments

a     Presentation - Parks and Community Facilities Monthly Report Dec-Jan

b     Presentation - Olympic Park - Sandpit Renewal March 2025

Item 2 - Shoreline Adaptation Plans: Weiti Estuary to Devonport Peninsula and Waitematā Harbour

11.30am-12.10pm

Presenter/s:                  Sage Vernall, Coastal Adaptation Specialist and Engagement Lead

Amirah Rab, Relationship Advisor

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff provided the board with an update on the development of the Shoreline Adaptation Plans (SAPs) for Weiti Estuary to Devonport Peninsula and Waitematā Harbour, including community engagement reporting, coastal adaptation strategies, progress updates on the development of the final SAP reports and next steps.

Attachments

c     Presentation - Shoreline Adaptation Plans

d     Shoreline Adaptation Plans - Community Engagement Updates

Lunch

Item 3 - Whau Wildlink

1.00pm – 1.45pm

Presenter/s:                  Chris Bindon, Conservation Advisor

Pamela Gill - Ecomatters

Sandra Maclean – Odyssey House

Nina Patel – Hoopla

David Smith – Friends of Rangimatariki

Robin Brehmer – Friends of Kurt Brehmer Walkway

Amirah Rab, Relationship Advisor

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Representatives of the Whau Wildlink provided the board with an update on their work and aspirations for the future.

Attachments

e     Presentation - Whau Wildlink

Item 4 - Development Contributions 2025 proposal

1.45pm – 2.15pm

Presenter/s:                  Brigid Duffield, Chief Advisor Growth Infrastructure Funding and Financing

Bobbi Parkinson, Principal Advisor- Financial Policy

Governance role:          Input to regional decision-making

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff provided the board with an overview of the proposed changes to development contributions policy to prepare them for providing feedback at their upcoming business meeting.

Attachments

f     Presentation - Funding growth infrastructure

Item 5 - Northwest Rapid Transit - refined emerging preferred option

2.15pm – 2.45pm

Governance role:          Input to regional decision-making

Summary of

Discussions:                 NZTA staff provided an update on the plan to build a busway alongside SH16, and sought local board views on the emerging preferred busway alignment and station locations, and suggestions on priorities for the local community. 

This workshop was held with the public excluded (confidential) as it included discussions of commercially sensitive information.

The workshop finished at 2.45pm