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Council committees

Council has adopted a structure of two standing committees and three sub-committees for the 2022 – 2025 triennium. Click the Committee title to read the Terms of Reference.

Terms of Reference Members
Risk and Assurance Committee

Rachael Dean – Independent Chair 

Mayor Helen Lash

Cr Donna Baird

Cr Jane Neale

Cr Patrick Phelps

Kw Francois Tumahai

Kw Paul Madgwick

Terms of Reference Members
Chief Executive's Review Committee

Chair – Mayor Helen Lash

Deputy Mayor Ashley Cassin

Cr Steven Gillett

Cr Jane Neale

Terms of Reference Members
Council Controlled Organisation Oversight Committee

TBA – Independent Chair 

Mayor Helen Lash

TBA

Terms of Reference Members
TBC

Mayor Lash (Chair),

Deputy Mayor Cassin,

Cr Burden,

Cr Baird,

Kw Madgwick,

Kw Tumahai.

Terms of Reference Members
Cycling & Walking Subcommittee
(Subcommittee of the Council)

Chair – Cr Paul Davidson

Mayor Helen Lash

Cr Donna Baird

Cr Steven Gillett

Cr Jane Neale

Kw Francois Tumahai

Kw Paul Madgwick

Independent Members

Cr Jack O'Connor, Grey District Council

John Wood, Chair, West Coast Wilderness Trail

Jackie Gurden, Trail Manager, West Coast Wilderness Trail

Tim Brownlee, Technical Team Leader, Manawa Energy

Owen Kilgour, Operations Manager, Department of Conservation

Inger Perkins, Herenga a Nuku Aotearoa Outdoor Access

Liam Anderson, Westland Mountain Bike Club

 

Terms of Reference Members

Hokitika Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Oversight Subcommittee (Subcommittee of the Council)

Chair - Mayor Helen Lash

Deputy Mayor Ashley Cassin

Cr Reilly Burden

Cr Patrick Phelps

Ema Weepu - Ngati Waewae Representative

James Mason Russell - Ngati Waewae Representative

Pauline Adams - Ngati Maahaki Representative

Steve McLaren – Ngati Maahaki Representative

Terms of Reference Members
Tenders Subcommittee
(Subcommittee of the Risk and Assurance Committee)

Chair – Cr Steven Gillett

Mayor Helen Lash

Cr Brian Manera

Cr Patrick Phelps

Kw Francois Tumahai

Kw Paul Madgwick