Inangahua Community Board

Many territorial authorities have community boards to help represent and advise Council on community views.

Community boards are elected at the same time as Councils but do not have the same powers. The role of the Inangahua Community Board (ICB) is to help Council to understand and meet the Inangahua community’s needs.

ICB meetings are held two-monthly. Meetings are open to the public unless there is reason to consider some items “public excluded”. Meeting dates can be viewed on Council's calendar.

Public forums

A public forum is held at the start of the Inangahua Community Board meeting to allow members of the community to address the Community Board.

Any person wanting to address ICB in person or by Zoom during the public forum section of a meeting can submit a request through our online or paper form.

Guidelines for speaking at the public forum have been developed and can be downloaded as follows:

Public Forum Guidelines

Standing orders

Standing orders contain rules for the conduct of the proceedings of local authorities, committees, subcommittees, subordinate decision-making bodies, and local and community boards.

Their purpose is to enable local authorities to exercise their decision-making responsibilities in a transparent, inclusive, and lawful manner.

BDC Standing Orders 29 October 2025

Inangahua Community Board Councillors

Linda Webb - Deputy Chair

027 331 2090

linda.webb@bdc.govt.nz

Linda's bio

I’m currently in my second term as an Inangahua Ward Councillor and third term on the Inangahua Community Board, which has given me a strong understanding of our local priorities and challenges.

My role as an experienced teacher at Sacred Heart School in Reefton, along with being a qualified RMA Commissioner and a member of the District Licensing Committee, helps me bring a balanced and informed approach to decision-making.

My focus is always on our community. Practical solutions, collaboration and supporting local groups are at the heart of how I work. Living in Reefton, I’m actively involved in community organisations, including the Inangahua Hall and Reserve Committee.

Dave Hawes

021 265 5498

dave.hawes@bdc.govt.nz

Dave's bio

Now serving my sixth term on Council after one term away, my connection to the Buller runs deep, from Karamea, Seddonville, Mokihinui, Waimangaroa, Westport, Charleston, Reefton, Blacks Point and Ikamatua. After seven generations in one district, you're definitely connected. It's therefore no surprise that I'm drawn to history and our colonial wooden buildings are a passion.

I'm a committee member of Reefton Historic Trust Board, having joined in 1979, spending seven years as chairperson. The Trust own and maintain the Courthouse, Oddfellows Hall and Reefton Railway Precinct. I'm a committee member of Reefton Powerhouse Trust which has restored the 1888 Historic Power Scheme. I'm a chairperson of the Reefton Visitors Centre Committee and currently chair of the Reefton Health Trust, a group working to establish core services lost with the closure of Reefton's hospital.

My motto is “enable communities to be healthy, develop and grow”.