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HAWKE'S BAY COUNCILLORS CLAIM MĀORI SEAT DISCUSSION WAS 'RUSHED'
A Hawke's Bay regional councillor says a meeting to consider establishing one or more Māori seats has been "rushed".
First-term councillor Craig Foss said the item - to be heard at an extraordinary, or not previously scheduled meeting, on Wednesday - has allowed the council little time to consult.
He said he was "at a loss to understand why" it had been called.
"I'm very concerned about where this has come from and why it suddenly seems so urgent."......
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/hawkes-bay-councillors-claim-maori-seat-discussion-was-rushed/6YQB5NF35GMCNB3WUOXFXVBUKU/
MAORI WARD IN KAIPARA IMPROVES “DEMOCRATIC WELLBEING”
Kaipara District Council last month voted to establish a new Maori ward ahead of the 2022 local government elections.
Cr Larsen declined to comment on why he had abstained, or outline his views on Maori wards, saying he did not have a mandate from ratepayers to form a position on the issue, as the proposal had not been consulted on.......
m.localmatters.co.nz/news/40991-maori-ward-kaipara-improves-democratic-wellbeing.html
MĀORI WARDS PROPONENTS URGE GOVERNMENT TO PASS LEGISLATION BEFORE NORTHLAND POLLS
A leading New Zealand Māori wards advocate is calling on the prime minister to take immediate action over a major impediment to their establishment in Northland.
Former New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) mayor Andrew Judd says "Legislation change around removing polling over councils' Māori wards voting needs to be the first cab off the rank at the first sitting of our new Parliament".
A spokesperson for the prime minister said Maōri wards legislation change consideration was already under way. The government was committed to making the creation of these wards easier, but legislation change would not be considered at the first full working session of the new Parliament - on 1 December.
NRC will likely write to Mahuta next week, calling for a polling moratorium or similar, after its Tuesday 17 November full council meeting.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/430736/maori-wards-proponents-urge-government-to-pass-legislation-before-northland-polls
A Hawke's Bay regional councillor says a meeting to consider establishing one or more Māori seats has been "rushed".
First-term councillor Craig Foss said the item - to be heard at an extraordinary, or not previously scheduled meeting, on Wednesday - has allowed the council little time to consult.
He said he was "at a loss to understand why" it had been called.
"I'm very concerned about where this has come from and why it suddenly seems so urgent."......
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/hawkes-bay-councillors-claim-maori-seat-discussion-was-rushed/6YQB5NF35GMCNB3WUOXFXVBUKU/
MAORI WARD IN KAIPARA IMPROVES “DEMOCRATIC WELLBEING”
Kaipara District Council last month voted to establish a new Maori ward ahead of the 2022 local government elections.
Cr Larsen declined to comment on why he had abstained, or outline his views on Maori wards, saying he did not have a mandate from ratepayers to form a position on the issue, as the proposal had not been consulted on.......
m.localmatters.co.nz/news/40991-maori-ward-kaipara-improves-democratic-wellbeing.html
MĀORI WARDS PROPONENTS URGE GOVERNMENT TO PASS LEGISLATION BEFORE NORTHLAND POLLS
A leading New Zealand Māori wards advocate is calling on the prime minister to take immediate action over a major impediment to their establishment in Northland.
Former New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) mayor Andrew Judd says "Legislation change around removing polling over councils' Māori wards voting needs to be the first cab off the rank at the first sitting of our new Parliament".
A spokesperson for the prime minister said Maōri wards legislation change consideration was already under way. The government was committed to making the creation of these wards easier, but legislation change would not be considered at the first full working session of the new Parliament - on 1 December.
NRC will likely write to Mahuta next week, calling for a polling moratorium or similar, after its Tuesday 17 November full council meeting.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/430736/maori-wards-proponents-urge-government-to-pass-legislation-before-northland-polls