Waiheke Local Board Workshop

13 August 2025

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

 

Wednesday, 13 August 2025

10.30 am

Waiheke Local Board Office
10 Belgium St
Ostend
Waiheke Island

 

Waiheke Local Board Workshop

 

OPEN AGENDA

 

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Chairperson

Cath Handley

 

Deputy Chairperson

Kylee Mathews

 

Members

Bianca Ranson

 

 

Robin Tucker

 

 

Paul Walden

 

 

 

 

 

Amelia Lawley

Democracy Advisor

 

8 August 2025

 

Contact Telephone: 027 261 8595

Email: amelia.lawley@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

 

 

EmailWaihekelocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz for the link to observe the workshop online.

 

The workshop will be recorded and the link included in the proceedings which can be found at https://infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM   TABLE OF CONTENTS            PAGE

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies                                                   2

2          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest                                                               2

3          Local Board Workshop                                        3

 

 

Karakia Timatanga – Whakataka te Hau

 

Whakataka te hau ki te uru              Cease oh winds of the west and the south     

Whakataka te hau ki te tonga          Let the bracing breezes flow

Kia mākinakina ki uta                       over the land and the sea

Kia mātaratara ki tai                          Let the red-tipped dawn come

E hī ake ana te atakura                     with a sharpened edge

He tio, he huka, he hauhū                a touch of frost

Tihei Mauri Ora!                                A promise of a glorious day

 

 

Agenda items

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

 

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

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Waiheke Local Board Workshop

13 August 2025

 

 

 

 

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2025/14624

 

  

 

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 Waiheke Local Board workshop agenda for 13 August 2025

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       Most workshops are open to the public to attend as observers in person or online.

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.       Workshops will be recorded and a link to the recording will be included in the published documents / Email Waihekelocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz for a link to join the workshop online / The public can observe the workshop on via MS Teams.  The link can be found on the front page of the agenda.

5.       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.

6.       Workshops do not have decision-making authority.

7.       Workshops are used to canvass issues, prepare local board members for upcoming decisions and to enable discussion between elected members and staff.

8.       Members are respectfully reminded of their Code of Conduct obligations with respect to conflicts of interest and confidentiality.

9.       The following will be covered in the workshop:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 1 – 10.30am – 11.30am

Providing advice to local boards

Presenter:                    John Nash – Programme Manager, Governance and Engagement

                                     Mary Binney – Lead Advisor, Increased Decision-Making Programme, Governance and Engagement

                                     Linda Smith – Local Programming Lead, Executive Office Community

                                     Audrey Gan – Lead Financial Advisor

Purpose:                       Provide direction on preferred approach

Governance role:          Keeping informed

Proposed Outcomes:    Members will have the opportunity to give direction on what advice would be beneficial to provide the incoming local board on the utilisation of Fairer Funding in the 2026/2027 financial year.

 

Attachment/s:                Attachment A – see below

 

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Memo - Overview of Fairer Funding allocations for local board direction, FY 2026/2027

9

      

 

 

Karakia Whakamutanga – Unuhia, Unuhia

 

Unuhia, unuhia                                              Release, release

Unuhia ki te uru tapu nui                             Release us from this sacred state

Kia wātea, kia māmā, te ngakau                  to clear and set free the heart

Te tinana. me te wairua, I te ara takatū      body and spirit so that we are prepared

Koa rā e Rongo                                             Let peace and humility

Whakairia ake ki runga                                 be raised among us

Kia tina! TINA!                                               And be made manifest (indeed!)

Haumi e. hui e,TAIKI E!                                Draw it together! Affirm! It is done!

 

 

 


Waiheke Local Board Workshop

13 August 2025

 

 


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