Whau Local Board Workshop

30 April 2025

 

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday, 30 April 2025

10:00 am

Whau Local Board Office
31 Totara Avenue
New Lynn

 

Whau Local Board Workshop

 

OPEN 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

 

29 April 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

30 April 2025

 

 

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2025/09793

 

  

 

 

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 30 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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1 - Te Kawerau ā Maki - Mana Kura initiative

10.00am-11.00am

Presenter/s:                  Josie Wall, Kaiārahi Mātauranga - Education Lead

 

Purpose / Outcome:     To introduce the board to the Mana Kura initiative by Te Kawerau ā Maki, created to foster authentic relationships with schools by sharing the iwi’s history, pūrākau (stories), and mātauranga (knowledge). The programme is designed to connect schools and their communities with the rich history of the whenua, and to establish meaningful, enduring relationships with Te Kawerau ā Maki as Mana Whenua.

 

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

 

Item 2 – Kāinga Ora update

11.00am-11.30am

Presenter/s:                  Jen Havilitama, Stakeholder Relationship Manager

Jody Jackson, Manager Community Engagement and Partnerships

Aroha Sinclair, Community Development Manager

 

Purpose / Outcome:     Kāinga Ora to provide an update on presence in the Whau regarding developments, divestments and community development.

 

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

 

 

Lunch

 

Item 3 - Local Board Annual Planning Workshop 6.1 - Local Board Work Programme Development

1.15pm – 2.00pm

Purpose / Outcome:     Local Board to provide additional feedback on the draft 2025/2026 work programme prior to presenting the finalised work programmes to the board.

 

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

 

This workshop is being held with the public excluded to allow free and frank discussion.

 

                                                 

Item 4 - Events & new signature event

2.00pm – 2.30pm

Purpose:                       To provide the local board with recommended options for a new signature event for Whau, as well as show the range of event types available or currently existing within the Events Unit.

 

Outcome:                      To select the event type/s that will move into further development and be included in the local board work programme 2025/2026.

 

Governance role:          Setting direction / priorities / budget.

 

This workshop is being held with the public excluded to allow free and frank discussion.