Local Board Business meeting date 20th February 2020 Member Report – Melissa Atama

Roles assigned by the local board Arts, Community and Events • Manurewa Rangatahi Scholarship decision making panel • Working with What Hope Charitable Trust to explore their vision of a Manurewa Rangatahi multi use space • Planning meetings for upcoming events Armistice Day, Christmas Events 2019 Jazz at Nathan, Teddy Bears Picnic, Keith Park Blessing, Anzac Day 2020, Movies in the Park 2020. • Neighbours day 2020 planning hui • Attendance of Ahmadiyya Muslim Annual Convention • Spoke at Jazz at Nathan and promoted the Summer events calendar • Spoke at the Agnes Ishak exhibition opening at Nathan Homestead • Attended the Southmall Indoor Movie • Working with the Community Empowerment Unit on the development of the Manurewa Blue Light project in High Schools called J.A.M. • Input into the Manurewa Seniors Lifelong learning fund • Working with Tabetha, Sopo and Melissa Lelo on a collaborative approach with the Manurewa Youth Council for 2020. • Attended and spoke at the Manurewa Youth Council AGM. • I attended the Middlemore Foundation’s 1000 Families Manurewa Initiative with community business representatives and a few community stakeholders. Key themes were pulled out and potential working groups were developed to focus on; Community of Compassion, Connecting for Well-Being, Mapping community networks, Employment pathways and Connecting existing initiatives. This is very much in the early planning stages, but I will continue to attend and keep everyone updated. The Manurewa Community garden space is part of this kaupapa and they do have an activation coming up on the 26th March 2020 called Cardboard city in the Maara.

Clendon Business Association • Attendance of Clendon Business Association meeting representing the local board. Hot topics were CCTV in the town centre around the back area and signage, the new flags going up around the town centre, there is a new gardener and litter contractor. • The Clendon Park Business Assn Incorporated merged with the Manurewa Business Association as part of the Business Improvement District Expansion Proposal. The voting process for the BID expansion will open on 21st February 2020. • There has been a LOVE NZ funding application lodged and if successful recycling bins will be rolled out across Clendon Town Centre. • A request has been made to Council for security cameras for Roscommon and Palmers Roads. • There will be an aim to roll out a Smoke free town centre campaign at some stage in 2020 but needs to be done in stages. • There is a new property manager assigned to the town centre and he is proving to be pro active which is very encouraging and he has been onsite a lot more. • This was the first Summer that no broken windows were reported by security and in general it was the busiest time the town centre has seen with more people shopping and new faces at the town centre.

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Manurewa Local Board Business meeting date 20th February 2020

Healthy Waters: • A hui is coming up to discuss what programmes are running across Manurewa focussing on water quality of our streams and taking a collaborative approach with IES, Healthy waters and Parks departments and the appropriate Local Board topic leads. • There was a clean out of the water hole by the Mahia Road culvert which resulted in a range of debris removed and now there have been signs erected to highlight the fact that it is not safe to swim in the water hole. This area will be an ongoing project for clean up and restoration.

Manukau Harbour Forum: • Attended the Manukau Harbour Forum open and business meetings • It was moved that there be a dual naming of this forum to acknowledge the Te Reo Maori name of the Harbour being Te Manukanuka O Hoturoa.

Active Recreation: • Community stakeholder meeting with Skatepark Maintenance Services about active recreation opportunities and to understand what is currently being delivered and resourcing of that delivery • Meeting with BBM and Manutukutuku regarding opportunities for Active recreation programme in Randwick Park • Community stakeholder meeting with Time to Train about active recreation opportunities.

Meetings / events attended o Events: • Armistice Day 2019 • Botanic Gardens opening event for the sculptures in the Gardens • Volta Park insight gathering activation • Spoke at the re-opening of the Clendon Skatepark activation • Attended the Manurewa Christmas Festival • Attended Manurewa Marae birthday celebrations • Netball Manurewa End of Year Lunch • Waimahia Inlet Christmas Event • Christmas Event • Te Manurewatanga O Tamapahore Book launch at Clendon Park School • Teddy Bear’s Picnic and official blessing of Keith Park All abilities playground • Out and About Water Play at Mountford Park • Totara Mountain Bike club Summer Race series opening

o Ceremonies: • Manurewa Remembrance Cross laying at the Cenotaph • Was invited as a Local Board member to judge at the Kiwi Can Jam event • Event opening and closing speeches for the Manukau Pop Up Business School • Handed out prizes at Waimahia Intermediate End of Year special prizegiving • Citizenship ceremony

o Meetings: • Weekly Chairs meeting at Manurewa Local Board office

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Manurewa Local Board Business meeting date 20th February 2020 • Meeting with Kainga Ora to discuss opportunities to collaborate with the Manurewa Local Board especially around illegal dumping, constituent concerns around noise and anti-social behaviour from tenants and community events. • Rosemary Lane-Collaborative approach for the illegal dumping with Kainga Ora, Manukau Beautification Trust and Manurewa Business Assn. MBCT have installed a Keep it Good in our Hood sign at Rosemary Lane which can be seen from the road, I have connected MBA’s Mahara with the Tenancy Manager for Kainga Ora and the process will be that the Ambassadors will log any illegal dumping directly with Kainga Ora as it is their land as soon as they see it. We are hoping this approach will lead to a faster response in collecting the rubbish and deterring dumpers. • Puhinui Regeneration Steering committee meeting • Advocacy meetings regarding Whakatakapokai • Localism Workshop • Improving Maori Input into local decision making, Mana Whenua hui • Weymouth Residents meeting • Manurewa Constituent Clinic February edition

Conferences / member development • Official Inauguration as a local board member at Manurewa Marae • Symposium

Recommendation That this report be received.

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