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MAORI WARD PETITION DELIVERED TO COUNCIL
A petition calling for a public poll on the issue of Maori wards for Western Bay of Plenty District Council has been delivered today.
Petitioners arrived at council offices on Barkes Corner at 12pm with boxes containing more than 4000 signatures.
Of those, they say a random check shows at least 2532 are eligible voters within the district, and therefore entitled to call for a poll.
1708 signatures are required to initiate a public poll on the issue of Maori wards, which a majority of councillors voted in favour of at a meeting in November 2017.
The three councillors who voted against the decision – Mike Lally, Margaret Murray-Benge, and Kevin Marsh – joined other residents in presenting the petition.......
m.sunlive.co.nz/news/173142-maori-ward-petition-delivered-to-council.html
1800 SIGN FOR REFERENDUM - Whakatane
Petition calling for referendum on Maori wards given to Whakatane council
WITH more than 1800 signatures, a petition requesting a referendum on whether Maori wards should be established in the Whakatane district was making its way to Auckland last night so the information could be verified.
David Dowd and Colin Holmes presented the petition to Whakatane District Council yesterday at 2pm.
To invoke a referendum on the issue of Maori wards, the petition had to receive at least 1161 valid signatures. It has been forecast a referendum could cost $40,000.....
whakatanebeacon.co.nz/2018/02/1800-signatures-taken/
A petition calling for a public poll on the issue of Maori wards for Western Bay of Plenty District Council has been delivered today.
Petitioners arrived at council offices on Barkes Corner at 12pm with boxes containing more than 4000 signatures.
Of those, they say a random check shows at least 2532 are eligible voters within the district, and therefore entitled to call for a poll.
1708 signatures are required to initiate a public poll on the issue of Maori wards, which a majority of councillors voted in favour of at a meeting in November 2017.
The three councillors who voted against the decision – Mike Lally, Margaret Murray-Benge, and Kevin Marsh – joined other residents in presenting the petition.......
m.sunlive.co.nz/news/173142-maori-ward-petition-delivered-to-council.html
1800 SIGN FOR REFERENDUM - Whakatane
Petition calling for referendum on Maori wards given to Whakatane council
WITH more than 1800 signatures, a petition requesting a referendum on whether Maori wards should be established in the Whakatane district was making its way to Auckland last night so the information could be verified.
David Dowd and Colin Holmes presented the petition to Whakatane District Council yesterday at 2pm.
To invoke a referendum on the issue of Maori wards, the petition had to receive at least 1161 valid signatures. It has been forecast a referendum could cost $40,000.....
whakatanebeacon.co.nz/2018/02/1800-signatures-taken/