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Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop
10 April 2025
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ITEM TABLE
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1 Local Board
Workshop 3
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!
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Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop
10 April 2025
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Local
Board Workshop
File No.: CP2025/06193
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
present the Waitākere Ranges Local Board workshop agenda for 10 April
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:
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Item 1
– Local Board Annual Planning 6: Local Board Work Programmes &
Targets
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9.30am-12.30pm
Presenter/s:
Kathryn Schuster, Specialist Advisor, Youth Specialist; Sanjeev Karan,
Activation Team Manager; Jacquelyn Collins, Play Portfolio Lead; Matthew
Johnson, Play Project Manager; Siemone Rawson, Manager Civic Events; Naomi
Thomas, Manager Community Programme Delivery; Debbie Ashton, Connected
Communities Lead & Coach; Lisa Howard-Smith, Community Broker,
Waitākere Ranges Local Board; Ben Scott, Principal Integration
Specialist; Gemma Kaldesic, Capability & Performance Advisor; Ruth
Barraclough, Senior Community Lease Advisor; Greer Clark, Manager Area
Operations; Helen Biffin, Work Programme Lead; Brad Congdon, Specialist
Operations; Michelle Ball, Service and Asset Planning Specialist; David Rose,
Lead Financial Advisor; Amirah Rab, Relationship Advisor.
Purpose: Local
Board Work Programmes & Targets
Proposed
Outcome/s: Receive local board feedback on draft 2025/2026 work
programmes (this will be used to update work programmes before presenting the
finalised work programmes to the the board)
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Break 11.00am-11.15am
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Item 2
– Increase funding amounts for Community Led Centres
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12.30pm-1.00pm
Presenter/s: Jamie
Adkins, Place and Partner Specialist.
Purpose: To
present to the local board proposed new 'funding for Success' amounts for
2025/2026 for Glen Eden Community House and Titirangi Community House.
Proposed Outcome/s: To
receive feedback and direction from the local board regarding future funding
amounts.
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Lunch 1.00pm-1.45pm
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Item 3 – South Titirangi Neighbourhood Network
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1.45pm-2.30pm
Presenter/s:
Kate Lowe, Coordinator South Titirangi Neighbourhood Network; Clair Hobi,
Co-chair South Titirangi Neighbourhood Network; Neil Dingle, W2L; Megan
Fitter, W2L.
Purpose: To
have an active discussion with the local board about our proposal, the
funding required, how it could relate to the restoration of the
Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area and the aspirations of Te Kawerau ā
Maki and why this is a strategic approach.
Proposed Outcome/s: To
have a clear understanding about the opportunities for funding and
collaboration between the local board and our two community groups going
forward.
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Item 4
– Local grant Round 2 Waitākere Ranges
Local Board
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2.30pm-4.00pm
Presenter/s: Bilin
He, Grants Advisor.
Purpose: To
review the 2024/2025 local grant round 2 applications.
Proposed Outcome/s: To
fund, part fund or decline the local grant round 2 applications.
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