Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 18, 2021 3:51:03 GMT 12
COUNCILLORS BACK TAUPO MĀORI WARDS DECISION AS LOBBY GROUP PUSHES PETITION
Taupō has joined the list of districts where a council decision to establish Maori wards has come under fire from lobbyists.
The lobby group Hobsons Pledge, led by former National Party and ACT leader Don Brash, which campaigns against Maori seats, describing it as ‘preferential treatment given to Māori’, is sponsoring flyers in support of a petition to trigger a poll on the decision.
However, councillors in favour of the wards are standing by their original positions and advocating for the public to get informed on the issues......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/123958111/councillors-back-taup-mori-wards-decision-as-lobby-group-pushes-petition
Taupō has joined the list of districts where a council decision to establish Maori wards has come under fire from lobbyists.
The lobby group Hobsons Pledge, led by former National Party and ACT leader Don Brash, which campaigns against Maori seats, describing it as ‘preferential treatment given to Māori’, is sponsoring flyers in support of a petition to trigger a poll on the decision.
However, councillors in favour of the wards are standing by their original positions and advocating for the public to get informed on the issues......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/123958111/councillors-back-taup-mori-wards-decision-as-lobby-group-pushes-petition