Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 14, 2021 3:26:26 GMT 12
RUAPEHU COUNCILLOR WALKS OUT OF MEETING OVER KARAKIA
A Ruapehu district councillor refused to stay in the room for a 12-second karakia to open a council meeting.
Taumarunui councillor Adie Doyle stopped an opening of a full council meeting immediately after mayor Don Cameron asked councillor Elijah Pue to open the meeting, as he has done regularly in recent months.
Doyle said he was uncomfortable with opening a public meeting with any formal system of belief, whether it was "a karakia, a Hail Mary or an Our Father"……
www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/ruapehu-councillor-walks-out-of-meeting-over-karakia/U33IGLHDJG4PHQQL6OXOBZRCK4/
A Ruapehu district councillor refused to stay in the room for a 12-second karakia to open a council meeting.
Taumarunui councillor Adie Doyle stopped an opening of a full council meeting immediately after mayor Don Cameron asked councillor Elijah Pue to open the meeting, as he has done regularly in recent months.
Doyle said he was uncomfortable with opening a public meeting with any formal system of belief, whether it was "a karakia, a Hail Mary or an Our Father"……
www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/ruapehu-councillor-walks-out-of-meeting-over-karakia/U33IGLHDJG4PHQQL6OXOBZRCK4/