2013 and 2016 What's helping

• The local board elections enable an improvement with more information about the candidates and LB activities being available
  
• Higher levels of community consultation and engagement is undertaken for local board planning
• Increased number of community events
• Maori presence on some Boards (particularly previous Papakura Board Chair

2015-2016 What's helping

• Youth raising awareness with the Youth Advisory Board
• Te Waka Angamua
• Strong focus on growing Matariki festival

Barriers:

• Complacency
• Need to renew/rebuild relationships when there is change in governance/lost relationships (e.g. when kaumatua and kuia pass away)
• Council policy and legislative changes
• Council restructuring
• Low levels of willingness to engage by some Local Boards
• Communication limitations

Thoughts for improvement:

• Up to each board to ensure continuity through commitment, up to each board to influence their budget
• Board has a responsibility and obligation to see the work through that has been set by the previous board
• Sustainability – should be one of the outcomes, structure to be set up to