Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 10, 2019 17:19:54 GMT 12
LOCAL GOVERNMENT NZ EMBRACES MĀORI VIEW OF LOCAL
The chair of Local Government New Zealand's Te Maruata Māori sub-committee says the association's new localism drive fits well with a kaupapa Māori approach.
Bonita Bingham says localism is what whānau, hapū and iwi have done forever.
"We don't tell our cousins at the next marae or we don't tell out neighbouring hapū how to manage their affairs so localism for us is the grassroots up model and interestingly that concept has been picked up by LGNZ as a reflection of how this was done for hundreds of years and how this is still done within Māori communities," she says.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjIxMzQ/Local-Government-NZ-embraces-M%C4%81ori-view-of-local
The chair of Local Government New Zealand's Te Maruata Māori sub-committee says the association's new localism drive fits well with a kaupapa Māori approach.
Bonita Bingham says localism is what whānau, hapū and iwi have done forever.
"We don't tell our cousins at the next marae or we don't tell out neighbouring hapū how to manage their affairs so localism for us is the grassroots up model and interestingly that concept has been picked up by LGNZ as a reflection of how this was done for hundreds of years and how this is still done within Māori communities," she says.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjIxMzQ/Local-Government-NZ-embraces-M%C4%81ori-view-of-local