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Date: Time: Meeting Room: Venue:
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Wednesday, 10 September 2025 10:30 am Whau Local
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Whau Local Board Workshop
OPEN AGENDA
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MEMBERSHIP
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Chairperson |
Kay Thomas |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Fasitua Amosa |
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Members |
Ross Clow |
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Catherine Farmer Valeria Gascoigne |
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Sarah Paterson-Hamlin |
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Warren Piper |
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Liam Courtney Democracy Advisor
5 September 2025
Contact Telephone: 027 260 4570 Email: liam.courtney@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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10 September 2025 |
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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10 September 2025 |
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Local Board Workshop
File No.: CP2025/19730
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
1. To present the Whau Local Board workshop agenda for 6 August 2025.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
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 – Parks & Community Facilities monthly update |
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10.30am-11.30am Presenter/s: Shane Hogg, Manager Area Operations Tracey Hodder, Parks & Places Specialist Marcia Velloen, Senior Project Manager Elvira Kolmychenko, Work Programme Lead Purpose / Outcome: To provide the Board with a monthly update, including presentation of the concept plan for the renewal of Hinau Reserve playground, and an update on the shade and shelter assessment. Governance role: Keeping informed. |
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Item 1 – Local board portfolio review |
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11.30am-12.30pm Presenter/s: Christie McFadyen, Programme Manager Aurora Tahi Tahi, Service and Asset Planning Specialist Purpose / Outcome: To update local boards on the Portfolio Review programme, including scope, timeframes and deliverables; to show strategic alignment with other strategic programmes; and to share emerging themes and potential focus areas for the local board portfolio plans. Governance role: Keeping informed.
This workshop is being held with the public excluded to allow free and frank discussion.
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