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Community Engagement Through Advisory Panels

Learn about advisory panels established for various population groups to communicate community issues, strategies, and ways to engage with council effectively. Discover the role each panel plays and how they support council initiatives. Contact us for more information.

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Community Engagement Through Advisory Panels

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  1. Working with the advisory panels and forums October 2012

  2. Background • Central Government legislation established advisory panels for the following population groups: • Maori • Pacific • Ethnic • Mayor announced additional panels for • Disability communities • Business groups • Rural communities • Youth • Heritage

  3. Pacific and Ethnic Advisory panels • Advisory panels role is to communicate community issues to council in relation to • council strategies, policies, plans, bylaws • matters of interest/concern to pacific/ethnic communities • how best to engage with pacific/ethnic communities • While scope is potentially wide, the panels are focussed towards region-wide, strategic issues

  4. Key points and contacts • Statutory advisory panels – not a formal committee, but supported by Council • Members – pan Pacific/Ethnic views; not representatives • Key points of contact – Community and Cultural Strategy & Democracy Services

  5. Youth Advisory Panel • 21 panel members – 1 representative per local board area • Youth Advisory Panel established in August 2012 • 10 panel members at present, with 11 more starting in February 2013

  6. Youth Advisory Panel

  7. Youth Advisory Panel • There are key differences between the youth panel and the other advisory panels • Not a statutory requirement • Panel members are elected by other young people living in the area they represent • The Youth Advisory Panel will continue past November 2013

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