Waitematā Local Board

Support initiatives that build Māori participation, engagement and inclusion.

Encourage and advocate for more diverse representation for our communities.

Advocate for more devolved power and resources from central government to allow local decisions to be made locally.

Encourage greater public engagement by giving people a feeling that they will be listened to and that common sense will prevail.

Implement a fair and transparent salary scale that makes it impossible for giant amounts to be paid out.

Encourage minorities to have a voice. Māori to have equal (but not superior) rights with all other New Zealanders in all issues.

Advocate council-controlled organisations be required to conform to the Waitematā Local Board Plan after consultation with the local community.

Advocate to have future decisions about public water services made accountable to local councils and communities.

Advocate to ensure our local parks and community facilities and services remain in council ownership.

I believe in transparency of local board decision-making.

I believe decisions should be made following extensive consultation with the local community.

The community's views should be reflected in decisions made by the local board.

Reduce the number of council management and consultant roles.

Align council salaries and consultant rates with the private sector.

Senior roles to be remunerated on a performance basis with the final say coming by way of a ratepayer customer satisfaction feedback survey.

Consider the appointment of an Independent Auckland Services Performance Auditor recommended by the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance.

Ensure greater delegation of decision-making, with commensurate funding, on local matters to local boards.

Review primary services Council provides within the context of delivering on the four well-beings, prescribed by the Local Government Act.

Advocate to require Auckland Transport and other council-controlled organisations to conform to the Waitematā Local Board Plan and policies consulted with the community.

Advocate to have future decisions about public water services accountable to local councils and communities and in line with local planning.

Advocate to ensure our local parks and community facilities and services remain in council ownership.

Encourage engagement from the local community by demonstrating we have your ear!

Reduce the size of the council by pulling back on the number of management and consultant roles.

Align council salaries to a ratepayer feedback survey scoring system.

Meet monthly with university public policy clubs – engages this transient population, ensures their representation, and also prepares them.

Meet informally with iwi and other minority communities in activities/spaces which they feel comfortable, eg fishing, pot-luck and music jams.

Set boundaries and flexible working hour standards for all council employees and contractors and make these public, to set an example.

Integrate Māori values and sustainable practices into planning, decision-making, and delivery and respect mana whenua's role as kaitiaki.

Partner with community groups to deliver for diverse communities of Waitematā and improve accessibility of board hui and processes.

Advocate to ensure our local parks and community facilities and services remain in council ownership.

Explore more impactful ways to engage with Māori and residents so that their values, knowledge and experience inform decision-making.

Establish a youth panel for the local board who can share their insights into council strategies and programmes and lead projects for youth.

Support local control of assets and local decision-making with regard city planning and placemaking.

Promote equal opportunity between ethnic groups. I do not support the push to iwi having a greater influence. Keep the K in kiwis uniting.

Stop council wage increases. Upper levels should be performance based on meeting and reducing budget expenditure.

Reduce the size of council. I believe in small governance and minimum intrusion into small business. Council is a parasite on rate payers.

Actively work to ensure local facilities (parks, community centres, libraries) and amenities remain accessible and in council control.

Continue to advocate for increased partnership and working collaboratively with mana whenua partners.

Activate as a conduit between community groups and council-controlled organisations.

Eliminate Auckland Council's bloated bureaucracy and take local board consultation/decision-making out into well advertised public forums.

Promote and partner with mana whenua and community groups to deliver more effectively for the diverse communities of Waitematā.

Actively promote – and clarify/address the numerous misconceptions about – co-governance initiatives with mana whenua in Waitematā.

Integrate mātauranga Māori – Māori philosophies and values – on sustainability into urban planning and decision-making in Waitematā.