Agenda of Whau Local Board - Wednesday, 6 August 2025

I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Whau Local Board will be held on:

Date:

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

Wednesday, 6 August 2025

1:00 pm

Whau Local Board Office
31 Totara Avenue
New Lynn

Whau Local Board

OPEN AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

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

(Quorum 4 members)

Liam Courtney

Democracy Advisor

1 August 2025

Contact Telephone: 027 260 4570

Email: liam.courtney@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

1 Nau mai | Welcome

2 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

3 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.

Specifically, members are asked to identify any new interests that they have not previously disclosed and any interest that might be considered as a conflict of interest with a matter on the agenda.

The following are declared interests of elected members of the Whau Local Board:

Member	Organisation	Position
Kay Thomas	New Lynn Citizens Advice Bureau	Volunteer
	Citizens Advice Bureau Waitākere Board	Deputy Chair
	Literacy Waitākere	Board Member
	West Auckland Heritage Conference	Committee Member
	Whau Ethnic Collective	Patron
	Whau Wildlink Network	Member
Fasitua Amosa	Equity NZ	Vice President
	Massive Theatre Company	Board Member
	Avondale Business Association	Family Member is Chair
	Silo Theatre Trust	Board Member
Ross Clow	Portage Licensing Trust	Trustee
	Te Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust	Patron
	Bay Olympic Sports Club	Life Member
	Forest and Bird Society	Member
	Waitākere Ranges Protection Society	Member
	New Lynn Heritage Protection Society	Member
	Trust Community foundation Limited	Trustee
	Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club	Member
	Libraries	Family Member is Librarian
Catherine Farmer	Avondale-Waterview Historical Society	Member
	Blockhouse Bay Historical Society	Member
	Blockhouse Bay Bowls	Patron
	Forest and Bird organisation	Member
	Grey Power	Member
	Avondale RSA	Member
Sarah Paterson-Hamlin	New Zealand Down Syndrome Association	Employee
Sarah Paterson-Hamlin	Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust	Employee
Warren Piper	New Lynn RSA	Associate Member
Warren Piper	New Lynn Business Association	Member
Valeria Gascoigne	Visionwest	Employee

External Organisations	Lead	Alternate
The Avondale Business Association	Kay Thomas	Ross Clow
The Blockhouse Bay Business Association	Warren Piper	Sarah Paterson-Hamlin
The New Lynn Business Association	Warren Piper	Kay Thomas
The Rosebank Business Association	Warren Piper	Fasitua Amosa
The Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust	Ross Clow	Sarah Paterson-Hamlin

4 Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes

That the Whau Local Board:

a) whakaū / confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 23 July 2025, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

5 He Tamōtanga Motuhake | Leave of Absence

At the close of the agenda no requests for leave of absence had been received.

6 Te Mihi | Acknowledgements

At the close of the agenda no requests for acknowledgements had been received.

7 Ngā Petihana | Petitions

At the close of the agenda no requests to present petitions had been received.

8 Ngā Tono Whakaaturanga | Deputations

Standing Order 7.7 provides for deputations. Those applying for deputations are required to give seven working days notice of subject matter and applications are approved by the Chairperson of the Whau Local Board. This means that details relating to deputations can be included in the published agenda. Total speaking time per deputation is ten minutes or as resolved by the meeting.

At the close of the agenda no requests for deputations had been received.

9 Te Matapaki Tūmatanui | Public Forum

A period of time (approximately 30 minutes) is set aside for members of the public to address the meeting on matters within its delegated authority. A maximum of three minutes per speaker is allowed, following which there may be questions from members.

At the close of the agenda no requests for public forum had been received.

10 Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business

Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:

“An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-

(a) The local authority by resolution so decides; and

(b) The presiding member explains at the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-

(i) The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and

(ii) The reason why the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”

Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:

“Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-

(a) That item may be discussed at that meeting if-

(i) That item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and

(ii) the presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but

(b) no resolution, decision or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”

Whau Local Board

06 August 2025

Local board feedback on Auckland Council’s submission on proposed changes to national direction under the Resource Management Act

File No.: CP2025/16404

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To seek local board feedback to be incorporated into Auckland Council’s submission on the Government’s proposed changes to national direction under the Resource Management Act 1991.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. The Government is calling for submissions on its proposed change to national direction under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).

3. The Government has released four discussion documents:

· Package 1: Infrastructure and development

· Package 2: Primary sector

· Package 3: Freshwater

· Package 4: Going for housing growth.

4. Submissions on the first three packages closed on Sunday, 27 July 2025. Submissions on Package 4 close on 17 August 2025.

5. The discussion document on Package 4: Going for housing growth was released on 18 June and seeks feedback on how the Government’s housing proposals fit into the new resource management system.

6. The revised national direction is intended to provide clearer and more consistent policy direction to inform resource consent decision-making. The changes are expected to be carried through to phase three of the Government’s reforms, which includes legislation to replace the RMA next year.

7. Local boards received a memo on 26 June 2025, followed by briefings from the project team on 27 June and 18 July 2025. Due to the limited timeframe for submissions, staff are not able to share a draft submission with local boards.

8. To support this technical response, staff have indicated that a thematic response from local board members would be the most impactful opportunity to contribute to the submission. This would aid staff in incorporating local board views into the main points for the Policy and Planning Committee’s consideration. Some broad questions are attached to help guide a thematic response from local boards.

9. The draft submission on Package 1 (Infrastructure and development), Package 2 (Primary sector) and Package 3 (Freshwater) was considered by the Policy and Planning Committee at its 24 July 2025 meeting. Local board feedback was due on 16 July 2025 to be incorporated into the submission and 23 July 2025 to be appended to the submission.

10. The draft submission on Package 4 (Going for Housing Growth) will be considered by the Policy and Planning Committee at its 14 August 2025 meeting. Feedback from local boards is due by 6 August 2025 to be included in the submission and 13 August 2025 to be appended.

11. Staff do not expect there to be any further consultation on Package 1 and 2 before final decisions are made by the Government. Feedback on Package 3 is expected to inform an exposure draft of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, with a further round of consultation later this year. Further consultation on the Going for Housing Growth proposals is expected as the detailed design of the new system progresses.

12. The Government intends to have the new and/or updated national direction instruments in place by the end of this year, with no Schedule 1 plan changes anticipated.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Whau Local Board:

a) tuku / provide feedback to be incorporated into the council’s draft submission on Package 4 (Going for Housing Growth) of the Government’s proposed changes to national direction under the Resource Management Act 1991.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments