Whau Local Board

26/05/2026

📖 Our next business meeting is this afternoon Wednesday 27 May, from 1pm.

We'll have deputations from Ken Maunder Park Community Trust, VPNZ (Vaishnav Parivar New Zealand) and Falelalaga Cultural and Education Center .

We'll also discuss Draft Whau Local Board Plan 2026, endorsing Business Improvement District (BID) targeted rate grants for
2026/2027 and much more.

Come along and join us to hear about all the great stuff happening in Whau and see local democracy in action!

📍 Whau Local Board office, 31 Totara Ave, New Lynn
Agenda here 👉https://aucklandcouncil.resolve.red/portal/meeting/12327

22/05/2026

🍽️🌿 Got an idea for an event at Auckland Heritage Festival 2026?

This year’s festival theme celebrates the rich, diverse and delicious food history of our region—from māra kai and mahinga kai to market gardens, orchards, home cooking, wineries, pubs and local eateries.

📅 Festival dates: Saturday 26 September – Sunday 11 October 2026
⏰ Expressions of interest close this Sunday 24 May at 5pm, so don’t miss out!

Submit your event here: https://tinyurl.com/aucklandheritagefestival2026

📸 Pictured below: Market garden on Rosebank Road, Avondale. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections JTD-24G-04572

19/05/2026

Come and have a yarn with our Councillor Sarah Paterson-Hamlin at her Councillor Community Clinic this Friday! ✨

🐚 This is a great opportunity to share your ideas, raise concerns, or talk about anything that matters to you in Auckland and the Whau community.

🕰️ Friday 22 May 2026, 4.30-5.30pm
📍New Lynn War Memorial Library, 3 Memorial Drive, New Lynn

You can drop in anytime, or contact Chris McAvoy to make an appointment:
📞 027 945 0140
✉️ [email protected]

You can also reach out to Councillor Sarah Paterson-Hamlin directly:
✉️ [email protected]

Looking forward to seeing you there! 😊

19/05/2026

🛹 Have your say on Auckland’s skateparks! 🛹

What do you think about the skateparks and skate spaces in our neighbourhood? Whether you skate, scoot, ride BMX, roller skate, or use mobility wheels—Auckland Council wants to hear from you.

A new regional skatepark plan is being developed to help guide how skateparks across Tāmaki Makaurau are planned, upgraded, and connected in the future.

They’d love to hear:
🛹 how often you use skateparks
🛴 what activities you do there
🚲 what equipment you use
💬 any challenges or barriers you experience

Your feedback will help shape future skatepark planning, design and upgrades across Auckland!

🗣️ Have your say today: https://akhaveyoursay.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/skateparks

12/05/2026

🚆🖲️ Auckland Transport is working to remove or replace level crossings across the Western Line. This will unlock the full CRL benefits of high frequency trains while keeping traffic moving, improving safety and enhancing our neighbourhood!

Come and meet the team in New Lynn, and share your feedback on how to replace them with safer connections! 🌳🚶‍➡️🚲

📅 Saturday 16 May 2026, 9am - 12pm
📍 Bunnings New Lynn, 2-12 Titirangi Road, New Lynn

You can also have your say here: https://at.govt.nz/projects-and-initiatives-western-line-level-crossings

11/05/2026

Did you know there's a Super Sorter session at Fair Food? With 15 tonne of surplus food sorted every week, volunteers are helping some of our community’s most vulnerable people while keeping precious kai out of landfill. 🍅🥦🍔

Fair Food is proudly supported by our board. 🧡

07/05/2026

Thanks for sharing! We're so proud to advocate for the future public acquisition of the Avondale Racecourse at the council's Budget comittee on the Annual Plan yesterday! 😎

If you've had any conversations with me in the past few months it's quite likely they've ended up on the topic of the Avondale Racecourse. This space and its future is something really close to me (literally as well as metaphorically!) and something that has enormous potential to serve the people of Avondale, wider Whau, all of Tāmaki Makaurau. And not just the people! The site is vital to the ecological sustainability of the area, particularly migratory and shore birds.

There are a LOT of moving parts, but I'm so grateful to Jaclyn and the team at I Love Avondale for their consistent and dedicted advocacy on this. The People's Plan is a beuatiful vision, created collaboratively with community, businesses, clubs, and others, and it is what's guiding my advocacy as Whau Councillor.

Yesterday, all 21 Local Boards came to present to Council's Budget comittee on the Annual Plan, and Chair Kay Thomas and Member Ross Clow brought clear advocacy for the future public acquisition of the Avondale Racecourse on behalf of the Whau Local Board. Having just completed a term on that Local Board, I know how passionately they feel and how hard they've been working on this kaupapa. Yesterday was a great opportunity for my colleagues to see that as well.

It's a long and tricky road, but I'm doing everything I can to bring this vision to life. Thank you to all the amazing Council staff, community members, colleagues, neighbours, and friends working on this 4D puzzle with me!

For more information, visit https://www.avondaleracecoursealliance.co.nz/

06/05/2026

Need help putting food on the table? 🍎🍐🥦🍞

Jacqui at Glenavon Community Hub is here to support you!

Please text your name, phone number, address, and number of people in your whānau.

📦 Kai packs are available for pickup on Tuesdays from 11:30am.

Kai Connect is proudly supported by our board. ❤