I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop will be held on:

 

Date:

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

 

Thursday, 18 September 2025

10:15 am

Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office
39 Glenmall Place
Glen Eden

 

Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop

 

OPEN AGENDA

 

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Chairperson

Greg Presland

 

Deputy Chairperson

Michelle Clayton

 

Members

Mark Allen

 

 

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

Liz Manley

 

 

Linda Potauaine

 

 

(Quorum 3 members)

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 September 2025

 

Contact Telephone: 0272739337

Email: sophie.wylie@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

 

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop

04 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!

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop

18 September 2025

 

 

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2025/20545

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To present the Waitākere Ranges Local Board workshop agenda for 18 September 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:

Item 1 – Parks and Community Facilities update

11.15am-12.15pm

Presenter/s:                  Greer Clark, Manager Area Operations.

Helen Biffin, Work Programme Lead.

Brad Congdon, Parks & Places Specialist.

Purpose:                       To provide the Board with a monthly update.

Proposed Outcome/s:  The Board is informed of the work done by the Parks and Community Facilities team.