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Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Workshop
OPEN NOTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Hibiscus
and Bays Local Board Workshop held in the Ground Floor, Hawiti
Building, 6 - 8 Munroe Lane, Albany on Tuesday, 12 August 2025 at 10.03am.
Te Hunga kua
Tae mai | present
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Chairperson
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Alexis
Poppelbaum, JP
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Deputy
Chairperson
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Gary Brown
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Members
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Jake Law
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(left at
1.10pm)
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Sam Mills, JP
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(via
electronic link then joined the meeting at 10.24am)
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Victoria Short
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Gregg Walden
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(left at
12.34pm)
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Leanne Willis
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Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT
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Members
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Julia Parfitt,
JP
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Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Workshop
12 August 2025
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1 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies
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Apologies received from member J Parfitt for absence.
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2 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.
There were no
declarations of interest.
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Session
1 – 10.03am
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Park
and Community Facilities update: P&CF Monthly report update / Murrays Bay
Reserve play space update
Presenters: Prakash
Thakur - Work Programme Lead
Travis
Committie - Programme Manager
Sandra
May - Manager Area Operations
Summary of
Discussion
Staff were in attendance to discuss renewal
options for the Murrays Bays Beach Reserve play space, the PCF monthly report
and receive local board feedback.
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Session
2 – 11.00am
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Activation
of parks, places and open spaces in 2024/2025 and draft 2025/2026 programme
Presenters: Sanjeev
Karan - Activation Team Manager (Via MS Teams)
Ruth
Barraclough - Activation Advisor
Summary of
Discussion
Staff were in attendance
to provide an update on the Out and About Activation Programme and receive
local board feedback.
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Session
3 – 11.24am
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Hibiscus and Bays Play Plan 2025 implementation for
Financial Year 2025/2026
Presenters: Jacquelyn
Collins - Play Portfolio Lead
Matthew
Johnson - Play Project Manager (Via MS Teams)
Summary of
Discussion
Staff were in attendance to
update the local board on the Play Plan 2025 implementation for Financial
Year 2025/2026.
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12.02pm – 12.35pm BREAK
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Session
4 – 12.35pm
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Watercare's Metropolitan Water Strategy - public
engagement learnings
Presenters: Ben
Halliwell - Elected Member Relationship Manager
Moana
Williams - Manager Strategic Relations and Community
Priyan
Perera - Chief Strategy and Planning Officer
Summary of
Discussion
Watercare staff were in
attendance to provide the local board with a summary of recent public
engagement for the Metropolitan Servicing Strategy and outline next steps.
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Session
5 – 1.22pm
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Recovery Office - Community and Social Recovery update
Presenters: Linda
Greenalgh - Community and Social Recovery Manager (Via MS Teams)
Leanne
Roche - Community Led Recovery Manager (Via MS Teams)
Summary of
Discussion
Staff were in attendance to
provide an update to the local board on the progress of Community and Social
Recovery.
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The workshop
finished at 1.39pm