Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 2, 2022 10:19:48 GMT 12
DEMOCRACY ACTION - NEWSLETTER – August 2022
Local Body elections are fast approaching, and campaigning for a place around the council decision-making table has begun. This is an opportunity for us to elect representatives with the backbone to take a stand when democratic principles are at stake. We urge you to question candidates about their stance on issues such as equal political rights, co-governance, Māori wards, and unelected appointments to committees with voting rights. And backbone will be needed if Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has her way. Her latest bill will be instrumental in making it harder for councils to resist the push for Māori wards - see ‘Mahuta to force councils to consider Māori wards’ below.
Another area where central government is issuing controversial directives to councils concerns the new set of rules relating to district planning. As landowners on the West Coast are finding, some of the rules have an immediate legal effect on the notification of proposed district plans, even though affected landowners have not been consulted, and the plan has not yet been adopted. Read more on this at ‘Anger on West Coast as new rules impact property rights’ below.
We have faced, and are still facing, a raft of radical 'reforms' since the Jacinda Ardern Labour Government came into power in 2017 - with the pace of change stepping up considerably this parliamentary term. One could ask - are these reforms a major driver of the big increase in people in the public service - reportedly 50,000 more than there were five years ago?......
Read the full informative newsletter here > www.democracyaction.org.nz/august_2022
GOVERNMENT SET TO ENDORSE RADICAL CHANGE TO ELECTORAL LAW
www.democracyaction.org.nz/government_set_to_endorse_radical_change_to_electoral_law
ANGER ON WEST COAST AS NEW RULES IMPACT PROPERTY RIGHTS
www.democracyaction.org.nz/anger_on_west_coast_as_new_rules_impact_property_rights
PROFESSOR JAMES ALLAN ANALYSIS OF HE PUAPUA NOW AVAILABLE
www.democracyaction.org.nz/professor_james_allan_analysis_of_he_puapua_now_available
COUNCILS TO BE FORCED TO CONSIDER MĀORI WARDS EVERY SIX YEARS
www.democracyaction.org.nz/councils_to_be_forced_to_consider_m_ori_wards_every_six_years
Local Body elections are fast approaching, and campaigning for a place around the council decision-making table has begun. This is an opportunity for us to elect representatives with the backbone to take a stand when democratic principles are at stake. We urge you to question candidates about their stance on issues such as equal political rights, co-governance, Māori wards, and unelected appointments to committees with voting rights. And backbone will be needed if Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has her way. Her latest bill will be instrumental in making it harder for councils to resist the push for Māori wards - see ‘Mahuta to force councils to consider Māori wards’ below.
Another area where central government is issuing controversial directives to councils concerns the new set of rules relating to district planning. As landowners on the West Coast are finding, some of the rules have an immediate legal effect on the notification of proposed district plans, even though affected landowners have not been consulted, and the plan has not yet been adopted. Read more on this at ‘Anger on West Coast as new rules impact property rights’ below.
We have faced, and are still facing, a raft of radical 'reforms' since the Jacinda Ardern Labour Government came into power in 2017 - with the pace of change stepping up considerably this parliamentary term. One could ask - are these reforms a major driver of the big increase in people in the public service - reportedly 50,000 more than there were five years ago?......
Read the full informative newsletter here > www.democracyaction.org.nz/august_2022
GOVERNMENT SET TO ENDORSE RADICAL CHANGE TO ELECTORAL LAW
www.democracyaction.org.nz/government_set_to_endorse_radical_change_to_electoral_law
ANGER ON WEST COAST AS NEW RULES IMPACT PROPERTY RIGHTS
www.democracyaction.org.nz/anger_on_west_coast_as_new_rules_impact_property_rights
PROFESSOR JAMES ALLAN ANALYSIS OF HE PUAPUA NOW AVAILABLE
www.democracyaction.org.nz/professor_james_allan_analysis_of_he_puapua_now_available
COUNCILS TO BE FORCED TO CONSIDER MĀORI WARDS EVERY SIX YEARS
www.democracyaction.org.nz/councils_to_be_forced_to_consider_m_ori_wards_every_six_years