Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 1, 2021 4:37:29 GMT 12
AUCKLAND SHOULD SEIZE CHANCE TO SHAPE MĀORI SEAT MOVE
With the government set to remove the Auckland-specific legislation capping the number of Auckland Council ward seats to the present 20, the main hurdle to Māori seats is gone.
But not the equally thorny question of how many.
If you took the proportion of the Māori population in Auckland in the 2018 census, 11.5 per cent, would be 2.3 seats......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/126214140/auckland-should-seize-chance-to-shape-mori-seat-move
PUBLIC TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON TWO MĀORI WARDS FOR RANGITĪKEI DISTRICT COUNCIL
A rural council is seeking public feedback on its recommendation to have two Māori wards.
The move would keep the existing number of elected members on the Rangitīkei District Council, but pull representatives from southern and northern seats to create separate Māori wards......
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300394901/public-to-have-their-say-on-two-mori-wards-for-rangitkei-district-council
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300394901/public-to-have-their-say-on-two-mori-wards-for-rangitkei-district-council
With the government set to remove the Auckland-specific legislation capping the number of Auckland Council ward seats to the present 20, the main hurdle to Māori seats is gone.
But not the equally thorny question of how many.
If you took the proportion of the Māori population in Auckland in the 2018 census, 11.5 per cent, would be 2.3 seats......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/126214140/auckland-should-seize-chance-to-shape-mori-seat-move
PUBLIC TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON TWO MĀORI WARDS FOR RANGITĪKEI DISTRICT COUNCIL
A rural council is seeking public feedback on its recommendation to have two Māori wards.
The move would keep the existing number of elected members on the Rangitīkei District Council, but pull representatives from southern and northern seats to create separate Māori wards......
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300394901/public-to-have-their-say-on-two-mori-wards-for-rangitkei-district-council
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300394901/public-to-have-their-say-on-two-mori-wards-for-rangitkei-district-council