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NGĀI TAHU REPRESENTATION BILL PASSES THIRD READING IN PARLIAMENT
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu welcomes the passing of new legislation tonight to reinstate Ngāi Tahu councillors to Environment Canterbury, ensuring future decision making will include the voice and votes of mana whenua.
The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngāi Tahu Representation) Bill passed its third reading with 77 votes to 43. The Bill empowers mana whenua through Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to appoint two councillors with full voting rights......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2208/S00041/ngai-tahu-representation-bill-passes-third-reading-in-parliament.htm
LABOUR ERODES LOCAL DECISION MAKING - SIMON COURT
"Labour’s Local Government Electoral Legislation is trying to back councils into a corner where they are forced to consider implementing Maori wards," says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court.
"ACT does not believe Maori wards are necessary to achieve representation as we believe people shouldn’t have different rights based on who their great grandparents were. However, it is up to councils and their ratepayers whether they want to consider them and central government should not be involved.
"Power over democratic institutions should rest with the people who pay the rates, not the people who spend it."....
www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/405465
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu welcomes the passing of new legislation tonight to reinstate Ngāi Tahu councillors to Environment Canterbury, ensuring future decision making will include the voice and votes of mana whenua.
The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngāi Tahu Representation) Bill passed its third reading with 77 votes to 43. The Bill empowers mana whenua through Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to appoint two councillors with full voting rights......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2208/S00041/ngai-tahu-representation-bill-passes-third-reading-in-parliament.htm
LABOUR ERODES LOCAL DECISION MAKING - SIMON COURT
"Labour’s Local Government Electoral Legislation is trying to back councils into a corner where they are forced to consider implementing Maori wards," says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court.
"ACT does not believe Maori wards are necessary to achieve representation as we believe people shouldn’t have different rights based on who their great grandparents were. However, it is up to councils and their ratepayers whether they want to consider them and central government should not be involved.
"Power over democratic institutions should rest with the people who pay the rates, not the people who spend it."....
www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/405465