Howick Local Board
# Howick Local Board

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, and covers much of east and south-east Auckland.

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 $km^2$ (26.90 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 152,500 as of June 2022, with a population density of 2,189 people per $km^2.$

## 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:

| 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.

