Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 29, 2019 16:38:40 GMT 12
TEARS AND SINGING AS HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL VOTES TO APPOINT TANGATA WHENUA REPRESENTATION
There were tears, singing, and a cricket ball in the Hastings District Council chamber.
It was an unusual combination, but the meeting in which the council voted to appoint four members of the Māori Joint Committee to the council's four standing committees was no ordinary meeting.
The debate became divisive, with four councillors arguing the decision should be taken to a public poll.
Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst , who supported the appointments, challenged the council to be courageous and vote for tangata whenua representation.
Her voice cracked as she started her speech, saying, through tears, that she was proud to speak against the motion suggesting the decision should go to a public poll......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12217143
More on the above here > Greater Maori representation for Hastings District Council
And here > Relief and frustration at Hastings council's appointment of Māori representatives
There were tears, singing, and a cricket ball in the Hastings District Council chamber.
It was an unusual combination, but the meeting in which the council voted to appoint four members of the Māori Joint Committee to the council's four standing committees was no ordinary meeting.
The debate became divisive, with four councillors arguing the decision should be taken to a public poll.
Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst , who supported the appointments, challenged the council to be courageous and vote for tangata whenua representation.
Her voice cracked as she started her speech, saying, through tears, that she was proud to speak against the motion suggesting the decision should go to a public poll......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12217143
More on the above here > Greater Maori representation for Hastings District Council
And here > Relief and frustration at Hastings council's appointment of Māori representatives