Waipā Community Boards

Cambridge and Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Boards

Waipā has two Community Boards, one in Te Awamutu and Kihikihi covering the Te Awamutu and Kihikihi and Kakepuku subdivisions and one in Cambridge covering the Cambridge and Maungatautari subdivisions.

The role of a Community Board is to act as an advocate for the community on Council matters. The Boards are governed under the provisions of Local Government Act 2002 and adopt Standing Orders for the conduct of their meetings.

Meetings, agendas and public forum

Our meetings are open to the public. Take a look at the agendas and minutes from the Community Board meetings.

Public forum

Public forums enable members of the community to bring up issues or ideas that might not be on the meeting agenda for local authorities. If you're speaking at a community board's public forum, your topic must be relevant to what the board covers.

To speak in the public forum, please contact the governance team at governance.support@waipadc.govt.nz at least one day before the meeting. In your request, explain what you want to talk about.

Each speaker can speak for up to five minutes. Only two people can represent an organisation during the public forum. After you speak, elected members can ask questions to get more information or clarify your points.

After the public forum, there won’t be any discussion or decisions on the issues raised unless they are already on the agenda for that meeting.