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WINSTON PETERS WANTS 'TWO-PART REFERENDUM' ON MĀORI SEATS
Acting Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling for a two-pronged referendum on whether Māori seats should be entrenched, or should go altogether.
Labour MP Rino Tirikatene's member's bill to entrench the seven Māori seats was pulled from the members' ballot in May and will soon have its first reading in Parliament.
New Zealand First campaigned on holding a binding referendum on whether to abolish the seats.....
www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/winston-peters-wants-two-part-referendum-on-m%C4%81ori-seats/ar-AAzBqrb?ocid=spartandhp
NEW ZEALANDERS DESERVE A REFERENDUM ON MĀORI SEATS
Democracy Action welcomes Winston Peters’ call for a two-pronged referendum on whether Māori seats should be entrenched, or should go altogether.
“NZ First has campaigned for many years on holding a binding referendum on whether to abolish the seats, and we are pleased Mr Peters is taking this opportunity to allow voters to decide,” says the founder of Democracy Action, Lee Short.
“The Māori seats are from a bygone era, and should have been removed when MMP was introduced in 1996, as recommended by the Royal Commission.”.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1807/S00086/new-zealanders-deserve-a-referendum-on-maori-seats.htm
Acting Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling for a two-pronged referendum on whether Māori seats should be entrenched, or should go altogether.
Labour MP Rino Tirikatene's member's bill to entrench the seven Māori seats was pulled from the members' ballot in May and will soon have its first reading in Parliament.
New Zealand First campaigned on holding a binding referendum on whether to abolish the seats.....
www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/winston-peters-wants-two-part-referendum-on-m%C4%81ori-seats/ar-AAzBqrb?ocid=spartandhp
NEW ZEALANDERS DESERVE A REFERENDUM ON MĀORI SEATS
Democracy Action welcomes Winston Peters’ call for a two-pronged referendum on whether Māori seats should be entrenched, or should go altogether.
“NZ First has campaigned for many years on holding a binding referendum on whether to abolish the seats, and we are pleased Mr Peters is taking this opportunity to allow voters to decide,” says the founder of Democracy Action, Lee Short.
“The Māori seats are from a bygone era, and should have been removed when MMP was introduced in 1996, as recommended by the Royal Commission.”.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1807/S00086/new-zealanders-deserve-a-referendum-on-maori-seats.htm