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LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION HEARS APPEALS ON ROTORUA LAKES COUNCIL WARD STRUCTURE
The chief executive of Rotorua council's iwi partnership group says the council dropped its final ward structure "out of thin air".
The comment was made by Te Tatau o Te Arawa's Jude Pani at the Local Government Commission's hearing on Rotorua Lakes Council's representation review on Wednesday.
It follows the council's adoption of a ward structure with one Māori ward seat, one general ward seat and eight at-large seats......
TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL TOLD IWI PLANS DON'T TRUMP FACE TO FACE
Using new iwi management plans to help set policy can't replace meeting kanohi-ki-te-kanohi, Taranaki regional councillors have been advised.
The plans are prepared by iwi or hapū, and express rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga (authority and stewardship) over cultural and natural resources.......