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 TÃÂmaki, and covers much of East Auckland.
The board was initially governed by nine board members, with three elected from each of the boards three sub-divisions: Pakuranga, Howick and Botany. The inaugural members were elected in the nationwide 2010 local elections, coinciding with the introduction of the Auckland Council.
In 2025, the number of board members increased to eleven with the introduction of a new subdivision for Flat Bush.
The area includes the large communities of Pakuranga and Howick, the newer suburbs of Botany and Flat Bush, and the area of East TÃÂmaki.
Howick Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Due to its growing population, a new subdivision for Flat Bush, electing three additional board members, was introduced at the 2025 local elections. In turn, the number of members elected from the Botany subdivision was reduced from three to two.
The current board members for the 2025-2028 term, elected at the 2025 local elections, are:
The board members, elected at the 2022 local body elections in October 2022 were:
The board members, elected at the 2019 local body elections in October 2019 for the 2019-2022 term were:
The 2016âÂÂ2019 term ran from the 2016 local body elections to the local body elections in 2019. The board members were:
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.