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TARANAKI MAYORAL FORUM GOES IN TO BAT FOR MĀORI WARD LAW CHANGE
Taranaki’s three mayors and the chair of the regional council have written to the prime minister calling for a change to the law around Māori wards.
A letter from the Taranaki Mayoral Forum to Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta calls for changing the Local Amendment Act to remove the clauses that allow a poll to overturn a council’s decision to establish a Māori ward.
“We are deeply concerned that the current legislation represents a barrier to progress in Aotearoa’s cultural evolution,” the letter, signed by New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom, South Taranaki mayor and forum chair Phil Nixon, Stratford mayor Neil Volzke and Taranaki Regional Council chair David MacLeod, states......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/123924040/taranaki-mayoral-forum-goes-in-to-bat-for-mori-ward-law-change
HOBSON'S PLEDGE FLYERS OPPOSING MĀORI WARDS IN GISBORNE 'UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY'
Clive Bibby, who has signed the petition but was not involved in circulating flyers, said there was "no secret" about what they wanted to achieve.
"We want to get this decision by the council overturned and we are using our democratic rights, which may not last for that long if the Government has its way, to follow the process," he said.
Bibby was concerned about the lack of information around the structure of an electoral system which included Māori wards, and wanted questions answered about the future of rural wards and the number of Māori wards.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hobsons-pledge-flyers-opposing-maori-wards-in-gisborne-undermining-democracy/RC7FTZFINZI3UG5FKNJ3IMYP5M/
Taranaki’s three mayors and the chair of the regional council have written to the prime minister calling for a change to the law around Māori wards.
A letter from the Taranaki Mayoral Forum to Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta calls for changing the Local Amendment Act to remove the clauses that allow a poll to overturn a council’s decision to establish a Māori ward.
“We are deeply concerned that the current legislation represents a barrier to progress in Aotearoa’s cultural evolution,” the letter, signed by New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom, South Taranaki mayor and forum chair Phil Nixon, Stratford mayor Neil Volzke and Taranaki Regional Council chair David MacLeod, states......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/123924040/taranaki-mayoral-forum-goes-in-to-bat-for-mori-ward-law-change
HOBSON'S PLEDGE FLYERS OPPOSING MĀORI WARDS IN GISBORNE 'UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY'
Clive Bibby, who has signed the petition but was not involved in circulating flyers, said there was "no secret" about what they wanted to achieve.
"We want to get this decision by the council overturned and we are using our democratic rights, which may not last for that long if the Government has its way, to follow the process," he said.
Bibby was concerned about the lack of information around the structure of an electoral system which included Māori wards, and wanted questions answered about the future of rural wards and the number of Māori wards.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hobsons-pledge-flyers-opposing-maori-wards-in-gisborne-undermining-democracy/RC7FTZFINZI3UG5FKNJ3IMYP5M/