Whau Local Board Workshop

11 June 2025

 

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday, 11 June 2025

10:30 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

 

6 June 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

11 June 2025

 

 

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2025/11503

 

  

 

 

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 11 June 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 – Parks and Community Facilities monthly update

10.30am-11.30am

Presenter/s:                  Shane Hogg, Manager Area Operations

Tracey Hodder, Parks & Places Specialist

Elvira Kolmychenko, Work Programme Lead

Gill Thurlow, Local Parks Pathway Lead

Mark Youngs, Senior Project Manager

 

Purpose / Outcome:     To provide the Board with a monthly update, and discuss options for funding of the Rizal Reserve section of Te Whau Pathway.

 

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

 

Lunch

 

Item 2 – Towards a West Auckland Wide Economic Development Plan

1.30pm – 2.00pm

Presenter/s:                  Fole (Daleki) Finau, Intrapreneur - The Western Initiative (TWI)

 

Purpose / Outcome:     To reconnect the board with The Western Initiative's (TWI) move inside Council’s Economic Development Office and explore West-wide economic-development options and potential collaboration with Henderson-Massey and Waitākere Ranges, mana whenua and Pasifika/Migrant collectives.

 

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Item 3 - Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Deed of Acknowledgement: Public feedback and next steps

2.00pm – 3.00pm

Purpose:                       To seek elected member directions, based on the feedback from public consultation, on Auckland Council's position regarding the contents of the final Deed of Acknowledgement to be entered into with Te Kawerau ā Maki and the Crown.

 

Outcome:                      To have received enough direction from elected members to continue discussions with Te Kawerau ā Maki and the Crown. If agreement is reached on the final Deed, staff will seek formal approval from elected members at a later business meeting.

 

Governance role:          Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions

 

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