The Whau Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...
. It is the only local board overseen by the council's
Whau Ward
Whau Ward is an Auckland Council ward which elects one councillor and covers the Whau Local Board. The current councillor is Kerrin Leoni.
Demographics
Whau ward covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of peo ...
councillor.
The Whau board, named after the
Whau River
The Whau River is an estuarial arm of the southwestern Waitemata Harbour (rather than a river) within the Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. It flows north for from its origin at the confluence of the Avondale Stream and Whau Stream to ...
estuary which runs through the board area, covers the suburbs of
Avondale,
Blockhouse Bay
Blockhouse Bay is a residential suburb in the south west of Auckland, in New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the northern coast of the Manukau Harbour, and is also close to the administrative boundary that existed between Auckland Cit ...
,
Green Bay,
Kelston,
New Lynn and
New Windsor.
The board consists of seven members elected at large. The inaugural members were elected in the
nationwide 2010 local elections, coinciding with the introduction of the Auckland Council.
Demographics
Whau Local Board Area covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
2022–2025 term
The board's term currently runs from the
2022 local body elections to the local body elections in 2025. The current board members are:
* Kay Thomas (chair)
* Fasitua Amosa (deputy chair)
* Susan Zhu
* Catherine Farmer
* Warren Piper
* Sarah Paterson-Hamlin
*
Ross Clow
Ross Clow is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2019. He was earlier a Waitakere City Councillor.
Political career
Clow served on the Waitakere City Council, where he served a ...
2019–2022 term
The board's term from the
2019 local body elections to the local body elections in 2022. The board members are:
* Kay Thomas (chair)
* Susan Zhu (deputy chair)
* Catherine Farmer
* Warren Piper
* Fasitua Amosa
* Ulalemamae Te'eva Matafai
* Jessica Rose
References
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Whau Local Board Area
Local boards of the Auckland Region