Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 22, 2020 3:49:15 GMT 12
MARAE FUND PROTECTED DESPITE COUNCIL CUTS
Funding for Māori outcomes, support for the homeless and moving council cleaners on to the living wage have been preserved in the emergency budget passed by Auckland Council.
More than 1000 staff will go, including 600 temporary and contract staff, but some projects were declared off limits to the razor gang.
“Repairing and upgrading marae, work on ensuring procurement for young Māori and Pasifika workers through things like the Southern Initiative and the Western Initiative, all of those things are really important to us if we want an inclusive city,” Mr Goff says.......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjUwNTY/Marae-fund-protected-despite-council-cuts
Funding for Māori outcomes, support for the homeless and moving council cleaners on to the living wage have been preserved in the emergency budget passed by Auckland Council.
More than 1000 staff will go, including 600 temporary and contract staff, but some projects were declared off limits to the razor gang.
“Repairing and upgrading marae, work on ensuring procurement for young Māori and Pasifika workers through things like the Southern Initiative and the Western Initiative, all of those things are really important to us if we want an inclusive city,” Mr Goff says.......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjUwNTY/Marae-fund-protected-despite-council-cuts