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Date: Time: Meeting Room: Venue:
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Wednesday, 6 August 2025 10:30 am Whau Local
Board Office |
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Whau Local Board Workshop
OPEN AGENDA
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MEMBERSHIP
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Chairperson |
Kay Thomas |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Fasitua Amosa |
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Members |
Ross Clow |
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Catherine Farmer |
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Valeria Gascoigne |
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Sarah Paterson-Hamlin |
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Warren Piper |
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Liam Courtney Democracy Advisor
31 July 2025
Contact Telephone: 027 260 4570 Email: liam.courtney@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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06 August 2025 |
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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06 August 2025 |
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Local Board Workshop
File No.: CP2025/12865
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
1. To present the Whau Local Board workshop agenda for 6 August 2025.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
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 – Auckland Transport monthly update |
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11.00am-11.45am Presenter/s: Peter Naber, Elected Member Relationship Partner
Purpose / Outcome: To provide the board with a monthly update, including an update on the New Lynn-Kelston safe walking and cycling infrastructure. Governance role: Keeping informed. |
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Lunch |
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Item 2 – Community Wellbeing: Community Delivery Work Programme Update Quarter 4 2024/2025 |
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1.30pm-2.30pm Presenter/s: Rosetta Fuimaono, Community Broker, Whau Local Board Catherine Davidson, Manager New Lynn Community Hub Jamie Adkins, Place and Partner Specialist Kathryn Schuster, Youth Specialist Deb Doyle, Specialist Advisor Merenia Gray O’Brien, Place and Partner Specialist (Arts) Rohan Jaduram, Community Innovation Specialist Asya Abeid, Welcoming Communities Coordinator
Purpose / Outcome: To ensure the local board is informed on the outcomes of the work programmes for quarter four of the 2024-2025 Community Delivery work programme and to inform the elected members of progress to date. Governance role: Keeping informed. |
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Item 3 – New Lynn Library: security and staffing levels |
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2.30pm – 3.15pm Presenter/s: Debbie Ashton, Lead & Coach Darryl Soljan, Head of Community Delivery Naomi Thomas, Manager Community Programme Delivery
Purpose / Outcome: To discuss options for increasing staffing at New Lynn Library, in response to increasing incidents of violence and aggression. Governance role: Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions. |