Komiti mō te Whakahaere Tikanga me te Aro ki te Pae Tawhiti mō ngā Whakahaere ka Whakahaerehia e te Kaunihera /

Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the CCO Direction and Oversight Committee held in Room 1, Level 26, Te Wharau o Tāmaki - Auckland House, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 9 September 2025 at 10.04amA recording of the meeting is available here: https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/meetings-council-bodies/Pages/webcasts-council-meetings.aspx

 

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

 

Chairperson

Cr Shane Henderson

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Kerrin Leoni

 

Members

Cr Josephine Bartley

 

 

Cr Angela Dalton

Via electronic link

From 10.07am, Item 8

 

Cr Chris Darby

From 10.09am

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

Via electronic link

From 10.07am, Item 8

 

Cr Ken Turner

 

Ex-officio

Mayor Wayne Brown

 

 

Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, JP

Until 12.13pm, Item 11

 

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

 

Members

Houkura Member Ngarimu Blair

 

 

Houkura Member Hon Tau Henare

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Te Hunga Āpiti kua Tae mai | ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Christine Fletcher

 

 


 

 

He Hunga atu anō i Tae mai | IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Port of Auckland

 

 

Jan Dawson

Board Chair

 

Andew Clark

Acting Chief Executive / Chief Financial Officer

 

Watercare

 

 

Geoff Hunt

Board Chair

 

Jamie Sinclair

Chief Executive

 

Mark Bourne

Chief Operations Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee

09 September 2025

 

 

 

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/58

MOVED by Deputy Mayor D Simpson, seconded by Chairperson S Henderson:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)         whakaae / accept the apologies from the following members:

Absence

Houkura Member Ngarimu Blair

Cr J Watson

Lateness

Cr C Darby

CARRIED

Electronic Attendance

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/59

MOVED by Cr R Hills, seconded by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)         whakaae / approve electronic attendance under Standing Order 3.3.3 for:

·         Cr A Dalton (SO 3.3.3 a))

·         Cr D Newman (SO 3.3.3 a))

·         Cr W Walker (SO 3.3.3 a))

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

2          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

 

 

3          Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/60

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)         whakaū / confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 12 August 2025, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

 

 

4          Ngā Petihana | Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

 

 

5          Ngā Kōrero a te Marea | Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

 

 

6          Ngā Kōrero a te Poari ā-Rohe Pātata | Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

 

 

7          Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

 

 

8

Port of Auckland Limited Performance Update

 

A presentation was provided.  A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Cr D Newman joined the meeting at 10.07am.
Cr A Dalton joined the meeting at 10.07am.
Cr C Darby entered the meeting at 10.09am.
Cr J Bartley left the meeting at 10.26am.

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/61

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Mayor W Brown:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      whiwhi / receive the update from Port of Auckland Limited on performance in the 2024/2025 financial year, year-to-date results, and future outlook.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     9 September 2025, Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee, Item 8 - Port of Auckland Limited Performance Update, presentation

 

 

 

 


 

 

9

Quarter four performance reports 2024/2025 for Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Watercare, Eke Panuku and Port of Auckland Limited

 

A presentation was provided.  A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/62

MOVED by Cr R Hills, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      whiwhi / receive the 2024/2025 fourth quarter reports for Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Watercare and Eke Panuku provided as Attachments A to C of the agenda report.

b)      whiwhi / receive the 2024/2025 annual report of Port of Auckland Limited and the 2024/2025 full year results for the key performance indicators in the 2024-2027 Statement of Corporate Intent provided in Attachment D of the agenda report.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     9 September 2025, Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee, Item 9 - Quarter four performance reports 2024/2025 for Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Watercare, Eke Panuku and Port of Auckland Limited, Watercare presentation

 

 

 

10

2025 State of the City report: Benchmarking Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's international performance

 

A presentation was provided.  A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Note:   changes were made to the original recommendation, adding new clause c), with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Cr J Bartley returned to the meeting at 11.19am.

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/63

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Chairperson S Henderson:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      tuhi tīpoka / note the ‘2025 State of the City report: Benchmarking Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s international performance’, provided at Attachment A.

b)      whiwhi / receive the presentation on the 2025 State of the City report.

c)      tuhi tīpoka / note the embedded issues of innovation, knowledge, prosperity, connectivity and opportunity demand a more urgent and concerted response, and request staff emphasise these issues in the revision of the Economic Development Strategy.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     9 September 2025, Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee, Item 10 - 2025 State of the City report: Benchmarking Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's international performance, presentation

 

 

11

Lead Councillor CCO updates

 

Each Liaison Councillor provided a verbal update.  Cr A Dalton and Cr K Turner also tabled written reports.  Copies have been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as minutes attachments.

 

Deputy Mayor D Simpson retired from the meeting at 12.13pm.

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/64

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Mayor W Brown:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      whiwhi / receive the verbal updates from the Lead Councillors.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     9 September 2025, Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee, Item 11 - Lead Councillor CCO updates, Watercare Lead Councillor update

b     9 September 2025, Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee, Item 11 - Lead Councillor CCO updates, Eke Panuku Lead Councillor update

 

 

 

12

Summary of Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee information memoranda and briefings (including the forward work programme) – 9 September 2025

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/65

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the progress on the forward work programme appended as Attachment A of the agenda report.

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

13        Te Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e Autaia ana | Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

 

 

 

 

14        Te Mōtini ā-Tukanga hei Kaupare i te Marea | Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/66

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      whakaae / agree to exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows.

This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows:

 

C1       CONFIDENTIAL: Referred from the Audit and Risk Committee - Substantive Council-Controlled Organisations' Quarterly Risk Update - August 2025

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(c)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information or information from the same source and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied.

In particular, the report contains risk reporting and detailed risks confidential to the substantive council-controlled organisations' boards or Audit and Risk Committees. The substantive council-controlled organisations have provided their risk reports for council's Audit and Risk Committee subject to confidentiality.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

12.27pm          The public was excluded.

 

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

 

12.38pm          The public was re-admitted.

 


 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

CONFIDENTIAL: Referred from the Audit and Risk Committee - Substantive Council-Controlled Organisations' Quarterly Risk Update - August 2025

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/67

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Mayor W Brown:  

a)      tuhi tīpoka / note the Confidential: Substantive Council-Controlled Organisations' Quarterly Risk Update – August 2025 referred by the Audit and Risk Committee

b)      whakaae / agree that the decisions be released in the open minutes, but the report and its attachments remain confidential.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.38pm                                             The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS TRUE AND CORRECT BY THE CHAIRPERSON AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNDER STANDING ORDER 8.1.4 ON

 

 

 

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