2 x Articles 15/10/20 - Maori representation

[Kiwi Frontline]

NEW SURVEY SHOWS LOCAL POLITICAL ASPIRANTS INCREASINGLY YOUNGER, FEMALE AND MĀORI

Māori elected members increased to 13.5% in 2019, from just 5% in 2007.  Māori members are also more likely to be younger and female than non-Māori members.

“The research shows that more young Māori are standing up to be heard, particularly wahine, and that is great to see,” continued Mr Crosby......

www.lgnz.co.nz/news-and-media/2020-media-releases/new-survey-shows-local-political-aspirants-increasingly-younger-female-and-maori/

[Kiwi Frontline]

THE DANGER OF LOSING MĀORI REPRESENTATION

If the current rate of Māori transferring to the general roll continues, by 2024 there will be fewer Māori on the Māori electoral roll than on the general roll, according to research by Associate Professor Maria Bargh.

“For many years, councils have had a particular demographic of people that dominate them, and their understanding of New Zealand history and what their Treaty commitments might involve is not what a true Treaty partnership is. We saw this attitude in the Wellington City Council when it was suggested tangata whenua needed more voting rights, and a councillor turned his back and looked out the window.”

As part of her involvement in the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, for which Te Kawa a Māui has received $2.95 million in funding, Associate Professor Bargh is leading research into how governance and policy needs to change for better environmental outcomes, and to support better Treaty partnerships.......

www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2020/10/the-danger-of-losing-maori-representation