Whau Local Board Workshop

NOTES

Notes of a workshop of the Whau Local Board, held in the Whau Local Board Office, 31 Totara Avenue, New Lynn on Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 10:00 am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

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

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

Deputy Chairperson

Fasitua Amosa

Whau Local Board Workshop 07 May 2025

1	Local Board Workshop

Item 1 – Parks and Community Facilities maintenance contracts - Full facility contract update and Te Ara Hura 2027

10.00am-11.00am

Presenter/s:                  Sarah Jones, Programme Manager

Jennifer Rose, Head of Asset and Business Performance, Parks and Community Facilities

Shane Hogg, Manager Area Operations

Julie Pickering, Head of Area Operations

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff provided an update on current contract performance and a briefing on Te Ara Hura 2027 Parks and Community Facilities maintenance contracts, and sought feedback from the board.

Attachments

a     Presentation - Parks and Community Facilities Performance

b     Presentation - Te Ara Hura (The Way Forward) 2027

c     Report - Options update for P27 Te Ara Hura Full Facilities Maintenance Contracts

d     Memo - Te Ara Hura (The Way Forward) 2027 Parks and Community Facilities maintenance contracts optimisation programme

Item 2 – Olympic Park Master Plan

11.00am-11.45am

Presenter/s:                  Sheryne Lok, Service and Asset Planing Specialist

Kiri Le Heron, Service & Asset Planning Team Leader

Ivy Soulisa, Senior Landscape Architect

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff led discussion on the draft principles of the masterplan and discussed the proposed engagement methods.

Attachments

e     Presentation - Olympic Park masterplan

Item 3 – Rosebank Speedway, post-hearing workshop

11.45am-12.30pm

Governance role:          Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff led discussion on the hearing held on February 27 and the commissioner's recommendations.

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

Lunch

Item 4 - Te Kete Rukuruku Tranche Three Site Selection

1.15pm – 2.15pm

Presenter/s:                  Dawn Bardsley, Te Kete Rukuruku Naming Lead

Te Koha Clarke, Programme Planner

Governance role:          Setting direction / priorities / budget.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff led discussion on potential parks and reserve sites for Māori naming in tranche three of Te Kete Rukuruku.

Attachments

f     Memo - Te Kete Rukuruku Tranche Three Site Selection

g    Whau Sites resolved for naming

h     Whau Tranche Three list of potential sites

Item 5 - Community Delivery Work Programme Update Quarter 3 2024/2025

2.15pm – 3.15pm

Presenter/s:                  Rosetta Fuimaono, Community Broker

Catherine Davidson, Manager New Lynn Community Hub

Jamie Adkins, Place and Partner Specialist

Kathryn Schuster, Youth Specialist

Debbie Ashton, Lead and Coach

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Summary of

Discussions:                 Staff provided an update on the outcomes of the Community Wellbeing: Community Delivery work programme for quarter four of the 2024-2025 financial year.

Attachments

i      Presentation - Community Delivery Quarter 3 Update 24-25

This workshop finished at 3.15pm.