en Howick Local Board

Local Board Members
Local Board Members
Leadership
Chairperson	Damian Light, Independent
Deputy chairperson	Bo Burns, #weknowhowick
Structure
Seats	9
Political groups	#weknowhowick / #weknowbotany (4); Communities and Residents (2); Practical not political (2); Independent (1);
Length of term	3 years
Elections
Last election	2022
Next election	2025
Meeting place
	Howick Local Board Meeting Room, Pakuranga Library Complex, 7 Aylesbury Street, Pakuranga

Howick Local Board

*Te Poari ā-Rohe o Howick*
Howick Local Board Te Poari ā-Rohe o Howick
Local board of Howick
Country	New Zealand
Region	Auckland
Territorial authority	Auckland Council
Ward	Howick Ward
Legislated	2010
Area
• Land	69.68 km2 (26.90 sq mi)
Population (June 2024)
• Total	165,800

Howick Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is overseen by the council's Howick Ward councillors.

The board's administrative area includes the suburbs Pakuranga, Howick, Flat Bush, and East Tāmaki,^[3] and covers much of east and south-east Auckland.^[4]

The board is governed by nine board members, with three elected from each of the boards three sub-divisions. The inaugural members were elected in the nationwide 2010 local elections, coinciding with the introduction of the Auckland Council.

Demographics

Howick Local Board Area covers 69.68 km² (26.90 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 165,800 as of June 2024,^[2] with a population density of 2,379 people per km².

2022–2025 term

The board members, elected at the 2022 local body elections in October 2022 are:

Members	Subdivision	Affiliation
Damian Light (chair)	Botany	Independent
Mike Turinsky	Botany	Practical Not Political
Peter Young	Botany	weknowbotany
Bo Burns (deputy chair)	Howick	weknowhowick
John Spiller	Howick	weknowhowick
Adele White	Howick	weknowhowick
Katrina Bungard	Pakuranga	C&R – Communities and Residents
Bruce Kendall	Pakuranga	Practical Not Political
David Collings	Pakuranga	C&R – Communities and Residents

2019–2022 term

The board members, elected at the 2019 local body elections in October 2019 are:

Members	Subdivision	Affiliation	Notes
Mike Turinsky	Botany	Practical Not Political
Peter Young	Botany	C&R – Communities and Residents
Bob Wichman	Botany	C&R – Communities and Residents
Bo Burns	Howick	weknowhowick	Elected as ranking candidate Sharon Stewart was elected as councillor
John Spiller (deputy chair)	Howick	weknowhowick
Adele White (chair)	Howick	weknowhowick
Katrina Bungard	Pakuranga	C&R – Communities and Residents
Bruce Kendall	Pakuranga	Independent
David Collings	Pakuranga	C&R – Communities and Residents

2016–2019 term

The 2016–2019 term ran from the 2016 local body elections to the local body elections in 2019. The board members were:^[5]

Members	Subdivision	Affiliation	Notes
Mike Turinsky	Botany	Practical Not Political	Elected via 2017 byelection following resignation of Lucy Schwaner
Peter Young	Botany	Vision and Voice
Bob Wichman	Botany	Vision and Voice
Jim Donald	Howick	Ratepayers and Residents	Elected as ranking candidate Sharon Stewart was elected as councillor
John Spiller	Howick	Vision and Voice
Adele White	Howick	Vision and Voice
Katrina Bungard (deputy chair)	Pakuranga	Vision and Voice
Garry Boles	Pakuranga	Vision and Voice
David Collings (chair)	Pakuranga	Vision and Voice

Lucy Schwaner, Vision and Voice - Botany, was elected at the 2016 election but resigned during the first board meeting following the re-election of David Collings as chairperson.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
^ "Howick Local Board". Auckland Council. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ "Howick local board map" (PDF). Aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ "Contact Howick Local Board". Auckland Council. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ "Howick local board member Lucy Schwaner quit after being sworn in, earned $1600". The New Zealand Herald - nzherald.co.nz. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

External links

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[Area-1] "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

[NZ_population_data_2018-2] "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

[3] "Howick Local Board". Auckland Council. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[4] "Howick local board map" (PDF). Aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[5] "Contact Howick Local Board". Auckland Council. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[6] "Howick local board member Lucy Schwaner quit after being sworn in, earned $1600". The New Zealand Herald - nzherald.co.nz. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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