Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 6, 2019 3:15:50 GMT 12
REFERENDUM SYSTEM FOR MĀORI WARDS TO STAY
Changes to prevent Māori wards being voted down by referendums are off the table.
Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta earlier signalled she would consider legislation to prevent Māori wards being overturned by referendums, but she now believes such a change is not possible within the coalition.
Asked if opposition from NZ First was preventing such a change Mahuta said: “It’s not something that we’ve absolutely tested but I am clear that right now those [coalition] arrangements wouldn’t allow us to test that as a matter of our relationship at the moment.”.....
www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/12/05/931555/recall-system-for-mori-wards-to-stay
Changes to prevent Māori wards being voted down by referendums are off the table.
Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta earlier signalled she would consider legislation to prevent Māori wards being overturned by referendums, but she now believes such a change is not possible within the coalition.
Asked if opposition from NZ First was preventing such a change Mahuta said: “It’s not something that we’ve absolutely tested but I am clear that right now those [coalition] arrangements wouldn’t allow us to test that as a matter of our relationship at the moment.”.....
www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/12/05/931555/recall-system-for-mori-wards-to-stay