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SUPPORT FOR GREATER MĀORI REPRESENTATION SIGNALLED
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has signalled its support for enhanced Māori representation at the Council table but has stopped short of creating Māori seats for the next local government elections.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Regional Council today, a majority vote of councillors (5-3) passed a motion instructing the Chief Executive to give notice to the Electoral Officer that a poll on the question of whether the region should have dedicated Māori constituencies is to be held at the next election on 8 October 2022.
This is to be preceded by robust engagement and consultation with the community.......
www.hbrc.govt.nz/home/article/981/support-for-greater-mori-representation-signalled?t=featured&s=1
ŌPŌTIKI VOTES TO POLL RATEPAYERS ON MĀORI WARDS
Ōpōtiki will be asked at the next local body election whether it would like to have Māori wards.
Despite most councillors believing Ōpōtiki District Council has no need for Māori wards, they have decided to ask the community what it thinks and will be undertaking a poll at the 2022 elections.
The council is required to consider implementing Māori wards and could have chosen to implement them without consulting the community, however, the community could then overturn that decision at a cost to the council.
Councillor Louis Rapihana said he was "not at all for segregation in the district and the community".
"I've spoken with three iwi and they're not keen as they don't see it as having mana to them," he said........
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/430931/opotiki-votes-to-poll-ratepayers-on-maori-wards
MAORI WARDS ON THE TABLE IN TAUPŌ
The Taupō District Council has left it until the last minute to directly opt for the introduction of Māori wards for the 2022 local body elections.
Māori representation and the possible establishment of Māori wards will be the sole agenda item at an extraordinary council meeting on Monday, November 23 – the last date by which the council could vote for wards to be in place for 2022.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/123436744/maori-wards-on-the-table-in-taup
'IT'S TIME TO HAVE A COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION WITH MĀORI' - SOUTHGATE
A new draft document that lays out a bold strategy for the Hamilton City Council to engage and substantially strengthen its relationship with Māori has been given an enthusiastic thumbs-up by the city’s politicians.
And arguably the most enthusiastic is mayor Paula Southgate, who has hailed He Pou Manawa Ora - Pillars of Wellbeing as “a starting point for the courageous conversations that we have been saying we need to have for some time”.
Cr Dave Macpherson said he hoped the document was the start of a period of profound cultural enlightenment for Hamiltonians.
“Two hundred years ago local Māori owned all this area – that’s what they are bringing to this debate. It’s their land. We landed on it and even the Raupatu [Claims Settlement with Waikato-Tainui] in the 1990s was the modern version of a few blankets and muskets......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/123421493/its-time-to-have-a-courageous-conversation-with-mori--southgate
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has signalled its support for enhanced Māori representation at the Council table but has stopped short of creating Māori seats for the next local government elections.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Regional Council today, a majority vote of councillors (5-3) passed a motion instructing the Chief Executive to give notice to the Electoral Officer that a poll on the question of whether the region should have dedicated Māori constituencies is to be held at the next election on 8 October 2022.
This is to be preceded by robust engagement and consultation with the community.......
www.hbrc.govt.nz/home/article/981/support-for-greater-mori-representation-signalled?t=featured&s=1
ŌPŌTIKI VOTES TO POLL RATEPAYERS ON MĀORI WARDS
Ōpōtiki will be asked at the next local body election whether it would like to have Māori wards.
Despite most councillors believing Ōpōtiki District Council has no need for Māori wards, they have decided to ask the community what it thinks and will be undertaking a poll at the 2022 elections.
The council is required to consider implementing Māori wards and could have chosen to implement them without consulting the community, however, the community could then overturn that decision at a cost to the council.
Councillor Louis Rapihana said he was "not at all for segregation in the district and the community".
"I've spoken with three iwi and they're not keen as they don't see it as having mana to them," he said........
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/430931/opotiki-votes-to-poll-ratepayers-on-maori-wards
MAORI WARDS ON THE TABLE IN TAUPŌ
The Taupō District Council has left it until the last minute to directly opt for the introduction of Māori wards for the 2022 local body elections.
Māori representation and the possible establishment of Māori wards will be the sole agenda item at an extraordinary council meeting on Monday, November 23 – the last date by which the council could vote for wards to be in place for 2022.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/123436744/maori-wards-on-the-table-in-taup
'IT'S TIME TO HAVE A COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION WITH MĀORI' - SOUTHGATE
A new draft document that lays out a bold strategy for the Hamilton City Council to engage and substantially strengthen its relationship with Māori has been given an enthusiastic thumbs-up by the city’s politicians.
And arguably the most enthusiastic is mayor Paula Southgate, who has hailed He Pou Manawa Ora - Pillars of Wellbeing as “a starting point for the courageous conversations that we have been saying we need to have for some time”.
Cr Dave Macpherson said he hoped the document was the start of a period of profound cultural enlightenment for Hamiltonians.
“Two hundred years ago local Māori owned all this area – that’s what they are bringing to this debate. It’s their land. We landed on it and even the Raupatu [Claims Settlement with Waikato-Tainui] in the 1990s was the modern version of a few blankets and muskets......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/123421493/its-time-to-have-a-courageous-conversation-with-mori--southgate