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A GROUND-BREAKING MANA WHAKAHONO PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN TAUPŌ DISTRICT COUNCIL AND NGĀTI TŪRANGITUKUA WAS APPROVED AT THIS AFTERNOON’S COUNCIL MEETING.
“This historic move will allow the existing partnership between the council and Ngāti Tūrangitukua to flourish. It will build on the great initiatives for the Tūrangi community we have been working on together over the past couple of years, including a new sports facility and a destination playground.”
Ngāti Tūrangitukua Maori Committee Chair Hinerauamoa Mohi said she and her whānau were pleased they could come together as partners with council on matters that are essential to the growth and potential of Tūrangi.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2204/S00494/mana-whakahono-signals-new-dawn-for-turangi-township.htm
LABOUR INTENDS REASSESSING ROTORUA ELECTORAL BILL
The government will consider a report saying a proposed law to introduce Māori seats on the Rotorua council is discriminatory.
A report by the attorney general found it limits the right to be free from discrimination and cannot be justified.
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson told Morning Report that while he voted for it in the first round of the parliamentary process, serious issues had now emerged and it would have to be paused and reassessed.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465897/labour-intends-reassessing-rotorua-electoral-bill
CO-GOVERNANCE HELPING DELIVER BETTER RESULTS FOR MĀORI - DEPUTY PM
The government is adapting core democratic principles to ensure better outcomes for Māori, the deputy prime minister says.
Grant Robertson said New Zealanders should be proud of new arrangements for Māori co-governance.
Robertson, who was standing in for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, told Morning Report he agreed that the nature of democracy has changed and said the country could be proud of how it had evolved.
He said it had allowed the Māori voice to be heard and their voices and aspirations can be taken into account......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465902/co-governance-helping-deliver-better-results-for-maori-deputy-pm
BILL FOR MĀORI SEATS IN ROTORUA COULD GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE, MINISTER WILLIE JACKSON SAYS
A proposed law to introduce Māori seats to the Rotorua District Council may have to go back to square one but is salvageable, Minister of Māori Development Willie Jackson says.
"We've got to get this right going forward, so if it's back to square one ... that doesn't mean it's the end of it, it means there's got to be a bit of work in terms of drafting it."......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465929/bill-for-maori-seats-in-rotorua-could-go-back-to-square-one-minister-willie-jackson-says
CHANGES LIKELY FOR ROTORUA'S ELECTION BILL AMID CONCERN IT'S UNDEMOCRATIC
A controversial bill which introduces specialist seats to the Rotorua District Council, with a focus on increasing Māori representation, is likely to face changes after the attorney-general said it presented an unjustified disadvantage to non-Māori.
Tāmati Coffey, the Labour MP who sponsored Rotorua District Council’s bill, said the council was considering the attorney-general’s concerns and was speaking to the Ministry of Justice about potential fixes......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/300573631/changes-likely-for-rotoruas-election-bill-amid-concern-its-undemocratic
“This historic move will allow the existing partnership between the council and Ngāti Tūrangitukua to flourish. It will build on the great initiatives for the Tūrangi community we have been working on together over the past couple of years, including a new sports facility and a destination playground.”
Ngāti Tūrangitukua Maori Committee Chair Hinerauamoa Mohi said she and her whānau were pleased they could come together as partners with council on matters that are essential to the growth and potential of Tūrangi.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2204/S00494/mana-whakahono-signals-new-dawn-for-turangi-township.htm
LABOUR INTENDS REASSESSING ROTORUA ELECTORAL BILL
The government will consider a report saying a proposed law to introduce Māori seats on the Rotorua council is discriminatory.
A report by the attorney general found it limits the right to be free from discrimination and cannot be justified.
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson told Morning Report that while he voted for it in the first round of the parliamentary process, serious issues had now emerged and it would have to be paused and reassessed.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465897/labour-intends-reassessing-rotorua-electoral-bill
CO-GOVERNANCE HELPING DELIVER BETTER RESULTS FOR MĀORI - DEPUTY PM
The government is adapting core democratic principles to ensure better outcomes for Māori, the deputy prime minister says.
Grant Robertson said New Zealanders should be proud of new arrangements for Māori co-governance.
Robertson, who was standing in for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, told Morning Report he agreed that the nature of democracy has changed and said the country could be proud of how it had evolved.
He said it had allowed the Māori voice to be heard and their voices and aspirations can be taken into account......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465902/co-governance-helping-deliver-better-results-for-maori-deputy-pm
BILL FOR MĀORI SEATS IN ROTORUA COULD GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE, MINISTER WILLIE JACKSON SAYS
A proposed law to introduce Māori seats to the Rotorua District Council may have to go back to square one but is salvageable, Minister of Māori Development Willie Jackson says.
"We've got to get this right going forward, so if it's back to square one ... that doesn't mean it's the end of it, it means there's got to be a bit of work in terms of drafting it."......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/465929/bill-for-maori-seats-in-rotorua-could-go-back-to-square-one-minister-willie-jackson-says
CHANGES LIKELY FOR ROTORUA'S ELECTION BILL AMID CONCERN IT'S UNDEMOCRATIC
A controversial bill which introduces specialist seats to the Rotorua District Council, with a focus on increasing Māori representation, is likely to face changes after the attorney-general said it presented an unjustified disadvantage to non-Māori.
Tāmati Coffey, the Labour MP who sponsored Rotorua District Council’s bill, said the council was considering the attorney-general’s concerns and was speaking to the Ministry of Justice about potential fixes......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/300573631/changes-likely-for-rotoruas-election-bill-amid-concern-its-undemocratic