Fire and Emergency New Zealand has confirmed the seven inaugural members of Wellington’s new Local Advisory Committee (LAC).

The LAC members were appointed by the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board and will provide the Board with independent advice about what their communities value, their needs and the risks they face.

Te Ūpoko Region Manager, Bruce Stubbs says the Wellington LAC will provide a voice for the communities across Wellington, Porirua, Kapiti Coast, Hutt City and Wairarapa.

"Members represent a diverse range of interests, offer strong local knowledge and will bring real value to the table. We look forward to working with them," he says.

The committee’s first task will be to plan how to best engage and seek feedback about local needs from people in their communities, and to build a shared understanding with them about the service Fire and Emergency delivers.

You can read more details about the newly appointed members on Fire and Emergency’s website.

Fire and Emergency has also established a new LAC for Canterbury this month concluding the national implementation of all 16 LACs.

Every community in New Zealand is now represented by a Local Advisory Committee. As well as the two new LACs in Wellington and Canterbury, there are LACs in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Tairāwhiti, Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Whanganui-Manawatū, Nelson-Tasman, Marlborough, West Coast, Otago, Southland and the Chatham Islands.

An additional three new Chatham Islands committee members were also appointed to the Chatham Islands LAC this month.

Wellington Local Advisory Committee

Adrienne Staples (Chair)

Shamia Love Shariff (Deputy Chair)

Maleeha Ahmad

Asher Wilson Goldman

Sara Williams

Andrew Brown

Maria Mitimeti

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