Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 10, 2021 4:11:27 GMT 12
MORE MĀORI SEATS ON COUNCILS LOOK LIKELY IN HAWKE'S BAY
Submissions on dedicated Māori wards for Hastings District Council are open until Wednesday this week.
It would be the local-government equivalent of the Māori seats in Parliament, with only those on the Māori roll eligible to vote for Māori ward candidates.
There is limited time for public consultation to be ready for next year's elections, but council staff say they have hit the ground running after the council's decision on April 22 to go forward on the issue…..
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/local-focus-more-maori-seats-on-councils-look-likely-in-hawkes-bay/OQZVTNJDM5UXA7T3V6HUKHACTA/
TOP OF THE SOUTH IWI BACK MĀORI WARD PROPOSAL
The chairs of Te Tauihu iwi have unanimously thrown their support behind the establishment of Māori Wards across councils at the top of the south.
In a statement put forward by the Te Tauihu Iwi Chairs Forum, iwi representatives have written to the Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council, and Marlborough District Council to express their “explicit desire” to see Māori Wards enacted at all three councils.
The forum stated their position had been motivated in part by the changes made to the Māori Wards Act in March, which removed the mandatory and binding community polls on Māori Ward resolutions from the legislation.
“Te Tauihu Iwi chairs now look to the mayors of Te Tauihu to ensure that iwi Māori appointed representation is able to sit at the council table on equal terms with other councillors.”….
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/125074983/top-of-the-south-iwi-back-mori-ward-proposal
Submissions on dedicated Māori wards for Hastings District Council are open until Wednesday this week.
It would be the local-government equivalent of the Māori seats in Parliament, with only those on the Māori roll eligible to vote for Māori ward candidates.
There is limited time for public consultation to be ready for next year's elections, but council staff say they have hit the ground running after the council's decision on April 22 to go forward on the issue…..
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/local-focus-more-maori-seats-on-councils-look-likely-in-hawkes-bay/OQZVTNJDM5UXA7T3V6HUKHACTA/
TOP OF THE SOUTH IWI BACK MĀORI WARD PROPOSAL
The chairs of Te Tauihu iwi have unanimously thrown their support behind the establishment of Māori Wards across councils at the top of the south.
In a statement put forward by the Te Tauihu Iwi Chairs Forum, iwi representatives have written to the Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council, and Marlborough District Council to express their “explicit desire” to see Māori Wards enacted at all three councils.
The forum stated their position had been motivated in part by the changes made to the Māori Wards Act in March, which removed the mandatory and binding community polls on Māori Ward resolutions from the legislation.
“Te Tauihu Iwi chairs now look to the mayors of Te Tauihu to ensure that iwi Māori appointed representation is able to sit at the council table on equal terms with other councillors.”….
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/125074983/top-of-the-south-iwi-back-mori-ward-proposal