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TWO MĀORI WARDS SUGGESTED BY HORIZONS REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR 2022 ELECTION
The unique status of the Whanganui River is one of the reasons why a wider Manawatū council wants to have distinct rohe for Māori-elected councillors.
The number of people on the Māori roll means Horizons would have two Māori-elected councillors, but the council has been working on how those people would be elected......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300390376/two-mori-wards-suggested-by-horizons-regional-council-for-2022-election
FINAL DECISION CLOSER FOR MĀORI REPRESENTATION ON TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL
Submitter Grant Knuckey told councillors the issue was about Maori sovereignty, and democracy.
He did not agree with Maori representation being decided by iwi boundaries.
“It is about the right for Maori to be represented in a way which is fair to Maori,” he said.
TRC iwi representative Emily Bailey submitted the process of nominating candidates to stand for election was a “strange activity” for Maori.
Bailey said 180 years of colonisation had made Maori uncomfortable with standing for election.
“We don’t like doing it and we would rather be asked by our own people to stand,” she said.
“We actively despise the process. We don't like participating in groups we don’t agree with.....
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/300390198/final-decision-closer-for-mori-representation-on-taranaki-regional-council
AUCKLAND COUNCIL TO EXPAND UNDER REFORMS ALLOWING EXTRA MĀORI SEATS
Auckland Council could have up to three additional seats for Māori wards from 2025 under reforms being considered by the government.
Cabinet intends to remove the legislated limit of 20 ward seats on Auckland Council, which had previously been cited by councillors as a barrier to creating specific Māori seats in the city......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/126175500/auckland-council-to-expand-under-reforms-allowing-extra-mori-seats
The unique status of the Whanganui River is one of the reasons why a wider Manawatū council wants to have distinct rohe for Māori-elected councillors.
The number of people on the Māori roll means Horizons would have two Māori-elected councillors, but the council has been working on how those people would be elected......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300390376/two-mori-wards-suggested-by-horizons-regional-council-for-2022-election
FINAL DECISION CLOSER FOR MĀORI REPRESENTATION ON TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL
Submitter Grant Knuckey told councillors the issue was about Maori sovereignty, and democracy.
He did not agree with Maori representation being decided by iwi boundaries.
“It is about the right for Maori to be represented in a way which is fair to Maori,” he said.
TRC iwi representative Emily Bailey submitted the process of nominating candidates to stand for election was a “strange activity” for Maori.
Bailey said 180 years of colonisation had made Maori uncomfortable with standing for election.
“We don’t like doing it and we would rather be asked by our own people to stand,” she said.
“We actively despise the process. We don't like participating in groups we don’t agree with.....
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/300390198/final-decision-closer-for-mori-representation-on-taranaki-regional-council
AUCKLAND COUNCIL TO EXPAND UNDER REFORMS ALLOWING EXTRA MĀORI SEATS
Auckland Council could have up to three additional seats for Māori wards from 2025 under reforms being considered by the government.
Cabinet intends to remove the legislated limit of 20 ward seats on Auckland Council, which had previously been cited by councillors as a barrier to creating specific Māori seats in the city......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/126175500/auckland-council-to-expand-under-reforms-allowing-extra-mori-seats