Independent Māori Statutory Board
Appointed by
mana whenua
Rangatiratanga
Kāwanatanga
Independent Māori
Statutiry Board
Auckland Council
The Independent Māori Statutory Board (IMSB)
mandate is to bring issues of significance to Māori
to Auckland Council’s attention. The IMSB consists
of nine members, which includes two mātāwaka
representatives and seven mana whenua
group representatives. The IMSB has specific
responsibilities and powers and helps Auckland
Council make decisions, perform functions, and
exercise powers by “promoting cultural, economic,
environmental, and social issues of significance for
mana whenua groups and mātāwaka of Tāmaki
Makaurau and ensuring that Auckland Council
acts in accordance with the Treaty of Waitangi”.75
The IMSB operates independently of Auckland
Council as stated under section 82 of the Local
Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009:
82 Board independent
(1) The board is a body corporate separate
from—
(a) the Auckland Council; and
(b) the board’s members; and
(c) the selection body; and
(d) the mana whenua groups represented on
the selection body.
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Statutory
Accountabilities
(2) The board is independent of—
(a) the Auckland Council; and
(b) the mana whenua groups represented on
the selection body.
(3) The board is not required to accept direction
from any person.
(4) When members of the board are acting as
members of the board, they must act in the
interest of achieving the board’s purpose
and must not act in any other interest.
Auckland Council has Treaty obligations and must
act in accordance with the Treaty of Waitangi. With
regards to accountability of the IMSB, Schedule 2
of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act
2009 states:
32 Reporting and audit
(1) The board must prepare an annual report.
(2) The report—
(a) must include the dates and times of the
board’s meetings in the financial year;
and
(b) must include a summary of the board’s
activities in the financial year; and
(c) may include anything else that the board
wants to put in it.
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