Season's greetings from your Community Board

Message from the Chair

Kia ora koutou,

This election year saw some changes around our table and it's been great to welcome new people to the board. You can put faces to names below.

We're all looking forward to a busy and productive 2023. The Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board holds monthly meetings that you’re welcome to attend. If you have a a burning local issue, activity or project you want to raise, you can ask to speak to the board. See the full schedule below.

As another busy year comes to a close, on behalf of the board, I'd like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

Ngā mihi matakuikui o te wā nei – season's greetings.

Board Chair, Emma Norrish

Meet your board!

Front row (left to right): Sunita Gautam, Emma Norrish (Chairperson), Pauline Cotter.

Back row (left to right): Victoria Henstock, Simon Britten (Deputy Chairperson), Jake McLellan, John Miller, Emma Twaddell.

By-election nominations reminder

Nominations for the Innes ward Community Board by-election close at noon this Thursday 22 December, and candidates are asked not to leave it to the last day as incomplete information can lead to an invalid nomination. There is one nomination to date.

The vacancy was created after the successful candidate in the 2022 local elections, Shreejana Chhetri, resigned. There were nine candidates for the two Innes Community Board vacancies in the 2022 local elections.

Candidates are encouraged to come forward now so they can get all the information they need. Visit ccc.govt.nz/elections, email elections@ccc.govt.nz or phone Jo Daly on 03 941 8581 to find out more.

Voting for the new board member starts on Thursday 26 January 2023 and closes on Friday 17 February at noon.

Meeting dates for 2023

Board meetings will generally be held on the second Thursday of every month on these dates. Please check the meetings page closer to the time for further details and any changes:

Thursday 9 February 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 9 March 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 13 April 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 11 May 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 15 June 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 13 July 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 10 August 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 14 September 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 12 October 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 9 November 2023, 4.00pm
Thursday 14 December 2023, 4.00pm

A reminder about bins these holidays

There are no changes to bin collection days over the Christmas and New Year period. People should put their bins out by 6am on their normal collection day.