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RUAPEHU PROPOSES COUNCILLOR CUT TO ACCOMMODATE INCOMING MAORI WARDS
The Ruapehu District Council is proposing to chop down its number of elected councillors from 11 to eight but bump up community board representatives from eight to 16.
Mayor Don Cameron related the suggestions on the total number of councillors, contained in a council 'initial representation proposal', to the number of Māori ward councillors and their proportion of the council.
The council voted to introduce Māori wards last year and two of the councillors in the proposal will be Māori ward councillors.......
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/125981153/ruapehu-proposes-councillor-cut-to-accommodate-incoming-maori-wards
NEW WARD VOTING SYSTEM PROPOSED FOR NELSON
In May, the Nelson City Council agreed on a proposal to set up a Māori Ward in Nelson for the 2022 and 2025 local government elections.
As Māori Wards can only operate within a ward system, this means the Nelson electorate will also have to move from an “at large” to a ward system in time for the 2022 elections.....
www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/126027538/new-ward-voting-system-proposed-for-nelson
STRATFORD COUNCILLORS VOTE TO KEEP SEATS STATUS QUO, WITH ADDITIONAL MĀORI WARD
The Stratford District Council is proposing to add just one more seat to its table for next year's election – a Māori one.
On Tuesday, Stratford elected members voted to keep the status quo with their representation at the council table.
But this came with one change because their last-minute decision in May, where they became the final Taranaki council to establish Māori representation, meant they had already established a Māori ward......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/126026635/stratford-councillors-vote-to-keep-seats-status-quo-with-additional-mori-ward
The Ruapehu District Council is proposing to chop down its number of elected councillors from 11 to eight but bump up community board representatives from eight to 16.
Mayor Don Cameron related the suggestions on the total number of councillors, contained in a council 'initial representation proposal', to the number of Māori ward councillors and their proportion of the council.
The council voted to introduce Māori wards last year and two of the councillors in the proposal will be Māori ward councillors.......
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/125981153/ruapehu-proposes-councillor-cut-to-accommodate-incoming-maori-wards
NEW WARD VOTING SYSTEM PROPOSED FOR NELSON
In May, the Nelson City Council agreed on a proposal to set up a Māori Ward in Nelson for the 2022 and 2025 local government elections.
As Māori Wards can only operate within a ward system, this means the Nelson electorate will also have to move from an “at large” to a ward system in time for the 2022 elections.....
www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/126027538/new-ward-voting-system-proposed-for-nelson
STRATFORD COUNCILLORS VOTE TO KEEP SEATS STATUS QUO, WITH ADDITIONAL MĀORI WARD
The Stratford District Council is proposing to add just one more seat to its table for next year's election – a Māori one.
On Tuesday, Stratford elected members voted to keep the status quo with their representation at the council table.
But this came with one change because their last-minute decision in May, where they became the final Taranaki council to establish Māori representation, meant they had already established a Māori ward......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/126026635/stratford-councillors-vote-to-keep-seats-status-quo-with-additional-mori-ward