Date:

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

 

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

12:30pm

Local Board Chambers
35 Coles Crescent
Papakura
Auckland

 

Papakura Local Board Workshop

 

OPEN AGENDA

 

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Chairperson

Brent Catchpole

 

Deputy Chairperson

Jan Robinson

 

Members

Felicity Auva'a

 

 

George Hawkins

 

 

Kelvin Hieatt

 

 

Andrew Webster

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sital Prasad

Democracy Advisor

 

5 September 2025

 

Contact Telephone: 273255719

Email: sital.prasad@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.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

 

 

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.

 

 


Papakura Local Board Workshop

10 September 2025

 

 

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2025/19596

 

  

 

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 Papakura Local Board workshop agenda for 10 September 2025.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.     Most workshops are open to the public to attend as observers in person or online, if in person attendance is impractical.

3.       Some sessions may not be open to the public. The 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.       Please note, workshop times are often subject to change.

9.       The following will be covered in the workshop:

Lunch Break (12:00-12:30pm)

Item 1 12.30-1:00pm

Auckland Transport bi-monthly board catch up - pre business meeting September 2025

Presenter/s:                 Bruce Thomas

(Elected Member Relationship Manager,

Auckland Transport)

 

Governance role:          Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions

Proposed Outcome/s:  To present what is intended to go in the Auckland Transport bi-monthly September 2025 business meeting report and seek direction on potential resolutions.

Attachment/s:                Attachment A - Item 1: Bi-monthly Update

                                      Attachment B - Item 1: Great South Road - Coles Crescent Safety Improvements

                                      Attachment C - Item 1: Great South Road Subway Traffic Management Plan

Item 2 1:00-1:30pm

Southern Park - undertake investigation to develop a new car park

Presenter/s:                  Ana Anufe
(Project Manager, Parks and Community Facilities)

 

Alex Overwater-Davis
(Manager Area Operations, Parks and Community Facilities)

 

Manuel Raimundo

(Work Programme Lead, Parks and Community Facilities)

Governance role:          Setting direction / priorities / budget

Proposed Outcome/s:   To present the outcomes of the discussion with the arborist to work around the engineering required to allow Option 1 location to proceed.

Attachment/s:               Material unavailable at the time of agenda build.

Item 3 1:30-2:00pm

Papakura Parking Strategy

Presenter/s:                 Bruce Thomas
(Elected Member Relationship Manager, Auckland Transport)

Jenny Ariza Escobar
 (Parking Designer, Auckland Transport)

 

Governance role:          Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions

Proposed Outcome/s:   To update the board on the Papakura parking strategy and to seek board input.

Attachment/s:                Attachment D - Item 3: Papakura Town Centre Review

Break (2:00-2:10pm)

Item 4 2:10-2:40pm

Takanini Grade Separation

Presenter/s:                 Bruce Thomas
(Elected Member Relationship Manager, Auckland Transport)

Steph Hill
(Principal Comms and Engagement Adviser)

 

Andrew Bell
 (Head of Level Crossings)

 

Governance role:          Oversight and monitoring

Proposed Outcome/s:   To update the board with Auckland Transport's next steps with Grade Separation.

Attachment/s:                Attachment E - Item 4: Takanini level crossing programme

Item 5 – 2:40-3:40pm

Direction Setting

Presenter/s:                 Victoria Hutt

(Papakura Local Board Senior Advisor, Governance & Engagement)

 

Lee Manaia

(Papakura Local Board Advisor, Governance & Engagement)

 

Governance role:          Setting direction / priorities / budget

Proposed Outcome/s:   To inform the board on upcoming events/meetings and seek board’s feedback.

For members to provide strategic updates related to meetings/ briefings they have attended, highlighting opportunities for board decision making or advocacy.

Attachment/s:                Material unavailable at the time of agenda build.

 

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Attachment A - Item 1: Bi-monthly Update

11

b

Attachment B - Item 1: Great South Road / Coles Crescent Safety Improvements

17

c

Attachment C - Item 1: Great South Road Subway Traffic Management Plan

33

d

Attachment D - Item 3: Papakura Town Centre Review

41

e

Attachment E - Item 4: Takanini level crossing programme

55

      

 

 


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