IWI AND COUNCIL PARTNER UP TO SPEND ‘BETTER-OFF’ FUNDING
Whanganui District Council says it “jumped the gun” by initially not consulting iwi on how to spend $6 million of Government funding.
But after a relationship “reset”, the council has since worked closely with local Māori to spend better-off funding from the now-abandoned Three Waters reform support package.
The money is being used on a set of priorities agreed between the council and hapū, including partnership projects, climate change, marae infrastructure and cultural narratives....