Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 12, 2019 17:20:01 GMT 12
NGAI TAHU TO JOIN OTAGO REGION COUNCIL TODAY
Ngai Tahu representatives are ready to bring an iwi lens to Otago Regional Council policy-making.
Edward Ellison and Tahu Potiki will today join the council's policy committee meeting.
They will have voting rights and be paid $9957 per year, calculated as 20% of a councillor's base salary.
Cr Michael Laws called the appointment ''undemocratic''. Council chairman Stephen Woodhead said it was a way of improving the council's partnership with iwi.......
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/ngai-tahu-join-orc-today
Ngai Tahu representatives are ready to bring an iwi lens to Otago Regional Council policy-making.
Edward Ellison and Tahu Potiki will today join the council's policy committee meeting.
They will have voting rights and be paid $9957 per year, calculated as 20% of a councillor's base salary.
Cr Michael Laws called the appointment ''undemocratic''. Council chairman Stephen Woodhead said it was a way of improving the council's partnership with iwi.......
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/ngai-tahu-join-orc-today