21 November 2013

Board Allocations Made To Council Committees

The Independent Māori Statutory Board has allocated its board members across 15 of the 19 Auckland Council governing body committees. The board members will sit on these committees for the next three-year term.

Appointments made to the full committees of council, being the committees that include all 21 councillors, are Chairman David Taipari and John Tamihere on the Budget, and the Finance and Organisation Performance committees. These committees are chaired by Mayor Len Brown and Councillor Penny Webster respectively.

Deputy Chairman Glenn Wilcox along with the newly-appointed Kris MacDonald will sit on the Regional Strategy and Policy committee. New appointees Josie Smith and Liane Ngamane will be a part of the Auckland Development Committee.

Independent Māori Statutory Board Chairman David Taipari says: “The new board members bring an impressive array of experience to the table and are expected to provide significant value for both the committees and the board”.

The full committee allocations are:

Kua Tohua Ngā Mema Poari Ki Ngā Komiti A Te Kaunihera

Kua tohua e te ohu Independent Māori Statutory Board ana mema ki ngā komiti 15 o ngā komiti whakahaere 19 o Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau. Ka nōhia ēnei komiti e ngā mema poari mō te roanga o te wāhanga kaunihera e toru tau te roa e haere ake nei.

Ko te hunga kua tohua ki ngā komiti mātuatua o te kaunihera, ērā e whai wāhi atu ai ngā kaikaunihera 21 katoa, ko te Heamana, ko David Taipari, rāua ko John Tamihere, kua tohua nei ki te komiti Tahua Pūtea me te komiti Pūtea/Whakapaunga Kaha. Ka noho ko te Koromatua ko Len Brown rāua ko Penny Webster hei heamana mō ngā komiti nei.

Ko te Heamana Tuarua ko Glenn Wilcox rāua ko te mema hōu ko Kris MacDonald kua whai tūranga ki te komiti Rautaki ā-Rohe me te komiti Kaupapa Here. Ko ngā mema hōu ko Josie Smith rāua ko Liane Ngamane kua eke nei ki te komiti Whakawhanake o Tāmaki Makaurau.

E ai ki te Heamana o te ohu Independent Māori Statutory Board, ki a David Taipari: “He kohinga wheako whakahirahira kua heria mai e ngā mema poari hōu, ā, ko te matapae he hua nui ka puta i a rātou ki ngā komiti me te poari anō hoki”.

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