Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 5, 2019 4:50:04 GMT 12
CALL FOR STATUTORY MĀORI SEATS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE REPRESENTATION
A Northland Māori leader calling for greater Māori representation in local government will next week put his case to Northland Regional Council's Tai Tokerau Maori Advisory Committee.
Rihari Dargaville (Ngapuhi), Taitokerau District Māori Council chairman will present a submission calling for changes in the way Māori participate in New Zealand's local government elections to the Tai Tokerau Maori Advisory Committee on Thursday 12 December.
The submission will focus on using New Zealand's Māori electoral role as the foundation for both sourcing Māori local government election candidates and the ensuing voting for those candidates - in specific Māori wards.
"It would be voting by Māori, for Māori," Mr Dargaville said.
The Taitokerau District Māori Council and Auckland lawyer Gerald Sharrock are putting a case under urgency before the Waitangi Tribunal calling for statutory Māori seats in local government.
His Northland call is part of a national push, with Mr Dargaville calling for this process in all regions of New Zealand with a Māori population of 15 percent or higher.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/404831/call-for-statutory-maori-seats-in-local-government-to-increase-representation
A Northland Māori leader calling for greater Māori representation in local government will next week put his case to Northland Regional Council's Tai Tokerau Maori Advisory Committee.
Rihari Dargaville (Ngapuhi), Taitokerau District Māori Council chairman will present a submission calling for changes in the way Māori participate in New Zealand's local government elections to the Tai Tokerau Maori Advisory Committee on Thursday 12 December.
The submission will focus on using New Zealand's Māori electoral role as the foundation for both sourcing Māori local government election candidates and the ensuing voting for those candidates - in specific Māori wards.
"It would be voting by Māori, for Māori," Mr Dargaville said.
The Taitokerau District Māori Council and Auckland lawyer Gerald Sharrock are putting a case under urgency before the Waitangi Tribunal calling for statutory Māori seats in local government.
His Northland call is part of a national push, with Mr Dargaville calling for this process in all regions of New Zealand with a Māori population of 15 percent or higher.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/404831/call-for-statutory-maori-seats-in-local-government-to-increase-representation