ENOUGH SUPPORT TO FORCE MĀORI WARDS POLL IN MANAWATŪ DISTRIC
Feb 13, 2018 16:19:53 GMT 12
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 13, 2018 16:19:53 GMT 12
PETITION ORGANISERS CONFIDENT THEY HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO FORCE MĀORI WARDS POLL IN MANAWATŪ DISTRICT
A petition opposing Māori wards in the Manawatū District appears to have surpassed the target needed to force a poll that could overturn the council's decision to bring them in.
Both the Palmerston North City Council and Manawatū District Council voted last year in favour of establishing Māori wards, but a petition in Manawatū has gathered more than 1600 signatures, which would comfortably exceed the 1004 needed to force a referendum if those signatures are verified.
In Palmerston North, petition organiser Don Esslemont couldn't provide an exact number, remaining "optimistic, but not certain" the target of 2727 in the city will be met.
Manawatū petition organiser and councillor Andrew Quarrie said the support highlighted how opposed people were to the council's decision. But he would collect signatures until the February 21 deadline as the returning officer might rule some out as invalid.
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/101356426/petition-organisers-confident-they-have-enough-support-to-force-mori-wards-poll-in-manawat-district
A petition opposing Māori wards in the Manawatū District appears to have surpassed the target needed to force a poll that could overturn the council's decision to bring them in.
Both the Palmerston North City Council and Manawatū District Council voted last year in favour of establishing Māori wards, but a petition in Manawatū has gathered more than 1600 signatures, which would comfortably exceed the 1004 needed to force a referendum if those signatures are verified.
In Palmerston North, petition organiser Don Esslemont couldn't provide an exact number, remaining "optimistic, but not certain" the target of 2727 in the city will be met.
Manawatū petition organiser and councillor Andrew Quarrie said the support highlighted how opposed people were to the council's decision. But he would collect signatures until the February 21 deadline as the returning officer might rule some out as invalid.
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/101356426/petition-organisers-confident-they-have-enough-support-to-force-mori-wards-poll-in-manawat-district