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	69.70 km2 (26.91 sq mi)
Population (June 2024)
• Total	170,000

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.

Geography

The area includes the large communities of Pakuranga and Howick, the newer suburbs of Botany and Flat Bush, and the area of East Tāmaki.^[5]

Demographics

Howick Local Board Area covers 69.70 km² (26.91 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 170,000 as of June 2024,^[2] with a population density of 2,439 people per km².

2022–2025 term

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

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

2019–2022 term

The board members, elected at the 2019 local body elections in October 2019 for the 2019-2022 term were:

Members		Subdivision	Position
Adele White	weknowhowick	Howick	Chair
John Spiller	weknowhowick	Howick	Deputy chair
Mike Turinsky	Practical Not Political	Botany	Member
Peter Young	C&R – Communities and Residents	Botany	Member
Bob Wichman	C&R – Communities and Residents	Botany	Member
Bo Burns^[a]	weknowhowick	Howick	Member
Katrina Bungard	C&R – Communities and Residents	Pakuranga	Member
Bruce Kendall	Independent	Pakuranga	Member
David Collings	C&R – Communities and Residents	Pakuranga	Member

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:^[6]

Members		Subdivision	Position
David Collings	Vision and Voice	Pakuranga	Chair
Katrina Bungard	Vision and Voice	Pakuranga	Deputy chair
Mike Turinsky^[b]	Practical Not Political	Botany	Member
Peter Young	Vision and Voice	Botany	Member
Bob Wichman	Vision and Voice	Botany	Member
Jim Donald^[c]	Ratepayers and Residents	Howick	Member
John Spiller	Vision and Voice	Howick	Member
Adele White	Vision and Voice	Howick	Member
Garry Boles	Vision and Voice	Pakuranga	Member

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.^[7]