The Ōtara-Papatoetoe 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 overseen by the Manukau Ward councillors. The local board area includes the suburbs of

Ōtara Ōtara is a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand (formerly Manukau City), situated 18 kilometres to the southeast of the Auckland CBD. Ōtara lies near the head of the Tamaki River (actually an arm of the Hauraki Gulf), which extends south tow ...

Papatoetoe Papatoetoe is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest suburb in Auckland by population and is located to the northwest of Manukau Central, and 18 kilometres southeast of Auckland CBD. Papatoetoe has the unofficial title of Auckland ...

, East Tamaki, Puhinui and central Manukau. Lotu Fuli is the current chair of the board.

2019–2022 term

The current board members, elected at the 2019 local body elections, are: *

Ross Robertson Harold Valentine Ross Robertson (born 22 May 1949), known as Ross Robertson, is a New Zealand politician for the Labour Party. He was a Member of Parliament from until his retirement in 2014. He also served as president of Parliamentarians ...

, Labour – (5443 votes) *Dawn Trenberth, Labour – (4116 votes) *Ofa Dewes, Labour – (3913 votes) *Lotu Fuli, Labour – (3848 votes) *

Ashraf Choudhary Ashraf Choudhary (born 15 February 1949; Sialkot, Punjab) is a Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in agricultural engineering and formerly a member of the Parliament in New Zealand. He is a member of the Labour Party, and was New Zealand's first ...

, Labour – (3785 votes) *Swanie Nelson, Labour – (3687 votes) *Apulu Reece Autagavaia, Labour – (3613 votes)

2016–2019 term

The board members who served from the 2016 local body elections to the 2019 election were: * Lotu Fuli (Chair) * Ross Robertson (Deputy Chair) * Apulu Reece Autagavaia * Mary Gush * Donna Lee * Dawn Trenberth * Ashraf Choudhary

References

{{Auckland Council local boards Local boards of the Auckland Region