Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 8, 2023 6:15:38 GMT 12
MANA, AMBITION AND ATTAINABILITY SET TONE FOR NCC LONG TERM PLAN DEBATE
Councillor Kahu Paki Paki took issue with the placement of “relationship with iwi” at the bottom of the list of assumptions.
It was a regular occurrence that iwi relationships were tacked on the end of documents, and it sent the message to Māori that they were an afterthought, he said.
He asked the matter be brought to the top of the list of assumptions.
But, Mayor Nick Smith said he was uncomfortable with that approach.
The council represented 57,000 constituents of which 1400 were Māori, he said.
“For me to put it at the very beginning is to give it a level that goes from one extreme to the other, from being last to first.”
Paki Paki said the number of people affiliated with iwi was irrelevant because the crown recognised iwi as their mana whenua “and that’s our obligation as well”.
As a compromise, the item was moved to second in the list of assumptions, after demographics.....
www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/132494886/mana-ambition-and-attainability-set-tone-for-ncc-long-term-plan-debate
Councillor Kahu Paki Paki took issue with the placement of “relationship with iwi” at the bottom of the list of assumptions.
It was a regular occurrence that iwi relationships were tacked on the end of documents, and it sent the message to Māori that they were an afterthought, he said.
He asked the matter be brought to the top of the list of assumptions.
But, Mayor Nick Smith said he was uncomfortable with that approach.
The council represented 57,000 constituents of which 1400 were Māori, he said.
“For me to put it at the very beginning is to give it a level that goes from one extreme to the other, from being last to first.”
Paki Paki said the number of people affiliated with iwi was irrelevant because the crown recognised iwi as their mana whenua “and that’s our obligation as well”.
As a compromise, the item was moved to second in the list of assumptions, after demographics.....
www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/132494886/mana-ambition-and-attainability-set-tone-for-ncc-long-term-plan-debate