Manurewa Local Board Workshop

OPEN NOTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Manurewa Local Board Workshop  held in the Manurewa Local Board Office, 7 Hill Road, Manurewa on Thursday, 27 March 2025 at 1:01 pm.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Matt Winiata
Deputy Chairperson	Glenn Murphy
Members	Joseph Allan	From 1.28pm, Until 6.53pm
	Heather Andrew
	Angela Cunningham-Marino	Via Microsoft Teams (from 1.06pm, until 6.10pm)
	Andrew Lesa
	Rangi McLean

Manurewa Local Board Workshop 27 March 2025

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

There were no apologies.

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	Local Board Workshop

Item 1 – 1.00-1.45pm

Animal Management

Presenter/s:                  Rob Irvine

(General Manager Licensing and Compliance, Licensing and Compliance)

Elly Waitoa

(Manager Animal Management, Licensing and Compliance)

Lisa Cribbens

(Principal Advisor, Licensing and Compliance)

Summary of Discussions

Animal Management staff spoke to the board about different options for the current roaming dog issues in Manurewa.

Option One: provide two dedicated animal management officers in the Manurewa Local Board area.

· This option would look to provide a higher response time, and hopefully would allow the number of call outs for roaming dogs to eventually taper off.

· The chairperson raised concern over safety for the officers when responding to call outs of aggressive dogs. Staff responded that in order to minimise this risks there is always two officers attending call outs.

Option Two: provide funding for lifting the number of desexed dogs in Manurewa.

· There is currently a desexing trial taking place in Manurewa but the data for how effective this approach is cannot yet be measured.

· Staff note that option two may not be the most cost effective approach.

Option Three: improve the reporting methods for roaming dogs.

· There is new technology that is available for reporting roaming dogs, which could facilitate a more timely and effective response to roaming dog reports.

· Option three could also include a community advisory role to provide education in the community which would look to facilitate better care for dogs and lessen the roaming dog issue.

Option Four: community vetenary clinic.

· This option would most likely not be feasible as there is not currently an appropriate space, however, the board could look toward an option for a mobile clinic.

The board were all in support of option one as a way to address the roaming dog issue, they were also interested In investigating a community engagement advisor.

For full details of this discussion please refer to the link at the bottom of the document.

Break

Item 2 – 2.00-6.00pm

Local Board Annual Planning workshop 6 - Local Board OPEX Work Programme

Presenter/s:                  Sarah McGhee

(Local Board Senior Advisor, Governance and Engagement)

Claire Abbot

(Local Board Advisor, Governance and Engagement)

Melissa Bidois

(Local Board Engagement Advisor, Governance and Engagement)

Faithe Smith

(Lead Financial Advisor, Financial Advisory)

Shyrel Burt

(Principal Integration Specialist, Executive Office Community)

Anna Jackson

(Integration Specialist, Executive Office Community)

Liz Muliaga

(Manager Community Programme Delivery, Community Wellbeing)

Dany Miller

(Connected Communities Lead and Coach, Community Wellbeing)

Sopo Su'a-Elia

(Community Broker, Community Wellbeing)

Kieran Nevey

(Grant Portfolio Lead, Community Wellbeing)

Lucky (Uaita) Sialii

(Manager Event Facilitation, Community Wellbeing)

Alex Overwater-Davis

(Manager Area Operations, Parks and Community Facilities)

Kristen Greenfield

(Parks and Places Specialist, Parks and Community Facilities)

Kartik Bhat

(Relationship Advisor, Executive Office Resilience & Infrastructure)

Akiko Shimizu-Alexander

(Service and Asset Planning Specialist, Policy, Planning and Governance)

Summary of Discussions

Feedback was provided to staff on the 2025/2026 draft OPEX work programme. Staff went through each of the work programme lines that they still required direction on. This included lines relating to the themes of our people, our environment, our community, our places and our economy.

For full details of this discussion please refer to the link at the bottom of this document.

Thursday 27 March 2025 Recording of Manurewa Local Board workshop Part 1 https://youtu.be/76xSSwgFeuw

Thursday 27 March 2025 Recording of Manurewa Local Board workshop Part 2 https://youtu.be/cyLsKUmmC5k

6.59 pm