Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Workshop

OPEN MINUTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Workshop  held in the Manukau Chambers, West Annex, Manukau Service Center, Manukau on Tuesday, 25 March 2025 at 9.00am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Apulu Reece Autagavaia
Deputy Chairperson	Vi Hausia
Members	Dr Ashraf Choudhary, QSO, JP	via electronic link
	Dr Ofa Dewes, MNZM	via electronic link
	Topou Folau	via electronic link
	Li'amanaia Lorenzo Kaisara
	Albert Lim	via electronic link

Te Hunga Āpiti kua Tae mai | ALSO PRESENT

Nicola Mochrie	Local Board Advisor
Darshita Shah	Democracy Advisor
Brandii Stephano	Engagement Advisor
Loretta Oosthuysen	PA/Office Manager

A recording of the workshop can be found at the following links;

Tuesday, 25 March 2025 Recording of Ōtara Papatoetoe Local workshop https://youtu.be/Du4vvZJ3ygY

Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Workshop 25 March 2025

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

There were no apologies.

2          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

3	Local Board Workshop
	Session 1 – 9.00am – 1.00pm
	LB Annual Planning workshop 6 - Local Board Work Programmes & Targets Presenter/s:                  Nicola Mochrie (Local Board Advisor); Brandii Stephano(Local Board Engagement Advisor); Manoj Rathod(Lead Financial Advisor); Shyrel Burt(Principal Integration Specialist); Anna Jackson(Integration Specialist); Liz Muliaga(Manager Community Programme Delivery); Kieran Nevey(Grant Portfolio Lead); Bill Teaukura(Manager Area Operations); Emily Wagon(Parks & Places Specialist); Anand Thakkar(Work Programme Lead); Ignacio Quinteros(Relationship Advisor); Sophie Bell(Service and Asset Planning Specialist); Uaita Sialii(Manager Event Facilitation); Siemone Rawson (Manager Civic Events); Marc Dendale (Team Leader – Planning); Claire Siddens (Principal Advisor (BIDs)); Andrew Peteru (Senior Community Planning and Readiness Advisor); James Boyd (Senior Grants Advisor); Richard Misilei (Connected Communities Lead); Malinda Naidoo (Senior Community Lease Advisor); Trish Kirkland-Smith(Volunteering & Programmes Team Manager); Purpose:                       Setting direction / priorities / budget Governance role:          Determine allocation of funding Summary of discussions; a)  The board provided direction and feedback on draft 2025/2026 work programmes.

The workshop ended at 11.45am