Waiheke Local Board Workshop

OPEN MINUTES

Notes from the Waiheke Local Board Workshop held in the Local Board Office, 10 Belgium, Ostend on Wednesday, 3 September 2025 at 11.30.

The workshop recordings can be accessed here:

Session two: https://youtu.be/qADd8CiftYc

Session three: https://youtu.be/eR6McmSV6aE

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Cath Handley
Deputy Chairperson	Kylee Mathews
Members	Bianca Ranson
	Paul Walden

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

Waiheke Local Board Workshop 03 September 2025

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

Member R Tucker.

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.

5	Local Board Workshop

Session 1 –11.30am – 12.30pm

Local Board Portfolio Review – CLOSED (see below)

                                                             Break

Session 2 – 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Shoreline Adaptation Plan update

Attendees:                    Lara Clarke – Principal Coastal Adaptation Specialist

                                     Matthew McNeil – Senior Coastal Specialist

                                     Kartik Bhat – Relationship Advisor, Resilience and Infrastructure

Summary of discussion:        

Members were given an update on the Shoreline Adaptation Plan, in advance of its presentation at the September business meeting.

Attachments:                 Attachment B (see below)

Session 3 – 2.00 – 3.00pm

Parks and Community Facilities update

Presenters:                   Shane Hogg – Manager Area Operations, P & CF

                                     Jacqui Thompson-Fell – Parks and Places Specialist, P & CF

                                     Elvira Kolmychenko – Work Programme Lead, P & CF

                                     Sue Gluskie – Facilities Coordinator, Waiheke, P & CF

                                     Bridget Velvin – Facilities Manager, Waiheke, P & CF

Summary of discussion:        

Members were updated on projects on and around the motu during the month of July.

Attachments:                 Attachment C – see below

Closed Session – Local Board Portfolio Review

This workshop is being held with the public excluded to allow for free and frank discussion particularly around sensitive matters regarding specific assets and service property optimisation.

Attachments

a     Waiheke Shoreline Adaptation Plan update presentation

b     Parks and Community Facilities monthly update July 2025

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!