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Whau Local Board Workshop
20 August 2025
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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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Whau Local Board Workshop
20 August 2025
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Local Board
Workshop
File No.: CP2025/19732
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 20 August 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:
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Item
1 – Whau Sports and Recreation
Facilities Plan
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10.30am-11.15am
Presenter/s: Yvaan
Hapuku-Lambert Sport & Recreation Lead
Nazla Carmine, Sport and
Recreation
Purpose /
Outcome: To seek feedback from the board on the scope for
the development of a Sports and Recreation Facilities Plan for Whau.
Governance role: Setting direction / priorities / budget.
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2 – Providing advice on Fairer
Funding and Cost Pressures FY 2026/2027
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11.15am-12.15pm
Presenter/s: Caroline
Teh, Senior Local Board Advisor
David Rose, Lead Financial
Advisor
Mary Binney, Lead Advisor –
increased decision-making programme
Ruchita Patel, Local Programming
Lead
Darryl Soljan, Head of Community
Delivery
Shane Hogg, Manager Area
Operations
Purpose /
Outcome: To provide a financial overview for 2026/2027 and
to seek direction on funding levers or allocation options to develop advice
in support of the annual planning/ work programme process for the incoming
local board.
Governance role: Setting direction / priorities / budget.
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Lunch
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3 – Community Groups
Annual Reporting
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1.15pm-3.00pm
Presenter/s: Rosetta
Fuimaono, Community Broker, Whau Local Board
Ina Patisolo - Director Whau
Pasifika Trust
Ella Falakoa, Chair Whau Pasifika
Trust
Omar Fahmy, Chair Whau Ethnic
Collective
Nobia Fawad, Coordinator Whau
Ethnic Collective
Kerry Allan, CEO Community
Waitākere
Jamie Lane, Community Sport
Project Advisor, Sport Waitākere
Richard Lee, Team Leader –
Food, Ecomatters Environment Trust
Purpose /
Outcome: For community groups to present the board
with an annual report of 2024/2025 work programme delivery to meet the
outcomes of the Whau Local Board Plan:
1. Sport Waitakere (15min)
2. Whau Pasifika Trust
(15min)
3. Whau Ethnic Collective
(15min)
4. Community Waitakere (15min)
5. Ecomatters (15min)
Governance role: Keeping informed.
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