Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 17, 2024 17:10:25 GMT 12
Geoff Parker: JOSIE PAGANI'S MAORI WARD & GENERAL PROPAGANDA
Changing tack again Pagani says “Nearly half of councils have Māori wards alongside general wards”.
Almost on the same day in February 2021 that the electoral returning officer acknowledged receipt of 4 valid petitions containing 21,000 signatures that would force Councils to run a public referendum on Maori wards, Nanaia Mahuta scurrilously, under urgency, changed the Act that allowed for this petitioning. So with no constituent restraint, undemocratic woke Councils had a free reign which resulted in a rapid increase of Maori wards.
If that law had not been removed then there would be very few Maori wards today, as 9 previous referendums initiated by various councils throughout the country record their ratepayers voting NO with an average vote of 77%.
And the ratepayers of 3 councils with a high maori population (44%) voted NO @ 58% of the vote.(10)
Pagani then says “They [Maori ward candidates] are ‘democratically’ elected by voters on the Māori roll.” - How can that be democratic when only a section of the community can participate in that vote? These candidates only care about gaining advantages for their Maori supporters, not the community as a whole.(11)
The flawed aim of Māori wards is to ensure Māori are represented in local government decision making.
However, information on the LGNZ site shows that Maori are well represented in relation to their population - The 2019 data is that Maori make up 13.5% of all elected local body officials.(13) While the 2018 census had Maori as 13.7% of the adult population.
And in Parliament, Maori are over-represented in relation to the voting Maori population.
Conroversially, most councils already ensure Maori have a voice around the council table via standing committees, where half of the members appointed by local iwi. Those iwi members have full voting rights and the same status as councillors.
And lastly the ‘old chestnut’- ‘Treaty partners’ raises it’s head.There were no treaty partners - only treaty participants.(11)......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/04/geoff-parker-josie-paganis-maori-ward.html
Changing tack again Pagani says “Nearly half of councils have Māori wards alongside general wards”.
Almost on the same day in February 2021 that the electoral returning officer acknowledged receipt of 4 valid petitions containing 21,000 signatures that would force Councils to run a public referendum on Maori wards, Nanaia Mahuta scurrilously, under urgency, changed the Act that allowed for this petitioning. So with no constituent restraint, undemocratic woke Councils had a free reign which resulted in a rapid increase of Maori wards.
If that law had not been removed then there would be very few Maori wards today, as 9 previous referendums initiated by various councils throughout the country record their ratepayers voting NO with an average vote of 77%.
And the ratepayers of 3 councils with a high maori population (44%) voted NO @ 58% of the vote.(10)
Pagani then says “They [Maori ward candidates] are ‘democratically’ elected by voters on the Māori roll.” - How can that be democratic when only a section of the community can participate in that vote? These candidates only care about gaining advantages for their Maori supporters, not the community as a whole.(11)
The flawed aim of Māori wards is to ensure Māori are represented in local government decision making.
However, information on the LGNZ site shows that Maori are well represented in relation to their population - The 2019 data is that Maori make up 13.5% of all elected local body officials.(13) While the 2018 census had Maori as 13.7% of the adult population.
And in Parliament, Maori are over-represented in relation to the voting Maori population.
Conroversially, most councils already ensure Maori have a voice around the council table via standing committees, where half of the members appointed by local iwi. Those iwi members have full voting rights and the same status as councillors.
And lastly the ‘old chestnut’- ‘Treaty partners’ raises it’s head.There were no treaty partners - only treaty participants.(11)......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/04/geoff-parker-josie-paganis-maori-ward.html