Date: Time: Meeting Room: Venue:	Wednesday, 19 March 2025 10:00 am Whau Local Board Office 31 Totara Avenue New Lynn
Whau Local Board Open Workshop AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson	Kay Thomas
Deputy Chairperson	Fasitua Amosa
Members	Ross Clow
	Catherine Farmer
	Valeria Gascoigne
	Sarah Paterson-Hamlin
	Warren Piper

Liam Courtney

Democracy Advisor

17 March 2025

Contact Telephone: 027 260 4570

Email: liam.courtney@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Karakia

Kia hora te Marino

May the peace be widespread

Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana

May the sea be like greenstone

Hei huarahi mā tatou I te rangi nei

A pathway for us all this day

Aroha atu aroha mai

Let us show respect for each other

Tātou ia tatou katoa

For one another

Hui e taikie!

Bind us all together!

Whau Local Board Workshop 19 March 2025

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2025/03983

Note 1:       This workshop has been called by the chairperson in consultation with the staff.

Note 2:       No working party/workshop may reach any decision or adopt any resolution unless specifically delegated to do so.

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To present the Whau Local Board workshop agenda for 19 March 2025.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.     Most workshops are open to the public to attend as observers in person.

3.       Some sessions may not be open to the public. The staff / chairperson and deputy chairperson decide which sessions are open to the public, depending on the sensitivity of the information being discussed. If a session is not open, a reason will be provided below.

4.       Local Board workshops provide an opportunity for local boards to carry out their governance role in the following areas:

a)   Accountability to the public

b)   Engagement

c)   Input to regional decision-making

d)   Keeping informed

e)   Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions

f)    Oversight and monitoring

g)   Setting direction / priorities / budget.

5.       Workshops do not have decision-making authority.

6.       Workshops are used to canvass issues, prepare local board members for upcoming decisions and to enable discussion between elected members and staff.

7.       Members are respectfully reminded of their Code of Conduct obligations with respect to conflicts of interest and confidentiality.

8.       The following will be covered in the workshop:

	Item 1 - Youth coordinator role & youth space
	10.00am-10.30am Purpose / Outcome:     To provide advice on the Youth Coordinator role & seek direction from the board on a youth hub, to assist with 2025/2026 environmental work programme development. Governance role:          Setting direction / priorities / budget. This workshop is being held with the public excluded to allow free and frank discussion.
	Item 2 - Te Hono Update
	10.30am-11.15am Purpose / Outcome:     To provide an update on Te Hono and answer any queries from the board. Governance role:          Keeping informed. This workshop is being held with the public excluded to allow free and frank discussion, as it may contain discussions of commercially sensitive information.
Item 3 - Climate Action Initiatives
11.15am-12.00pm Purpose / Outcome:     To inform the board on options for expanding existing climate action initiatives, as well as opportunities to invest in new initiatives, to assist with 2025/2026 environmental work programme development. Governance role:          Setting direction / priorities / budget. This workshop is being held with the public excluded to allow free and frank discussion.