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FAR NORTH COUNCILLOR HILDA HALKYARD-HARAWIRA TO SIGN OFFICIAL SWEARING-IN DOCUMENT
A Far North District councillor-elect who used her own unofficial document at the new council's October swearing-in ceremony, will on Thursday sign her official declaration.
Hilda Halkyard-Harawira wrote her own document for the Far North District Council (FNDC)'s official October 27 swearing-in ceremony at the Kaikohe Memorial Hall.
She read it out as her oath of office, her document sitting atop the council's official declaration.
Halkyard-Harawira's document was signed by herself and FNDC Mayor Moko Tepania in the hall after the ceremony.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/far-north-councillor-hilda-halkyard-harawira-to-sign-official-swearing-in-document/WSSAHEX6PAQRBLFYVPM57XP3K4/
DCC TO SIGN UPDATED AGREEMENT WITH MANA WHENUA
The Dunedin City Council will usher in "new era of partnership" with mana whenua after voting to sign an updated agreement.
The updated manatu whakaaetaka (relationship agreement) replacing a 2006 memorandum of understanding between Kati Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, Te Rūnanga ō Ōtākou and the Dunedin City Council was approved at a council meeting yesterday.
The agreement would ensure representation of the interests of mana whenua when making local government decisions, and would provide a direct line of communication between the parties involved.....
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/dcc-sign-updated-agreement-mana-whenua
TARANAKI COUNCIL SEEKS IWI INPUT INTO ENVIRONMENT PLAN
Taranaki Regional Council is funding two pou taiao or environmental officers to work with iwi and hapu.
Spokesperson Sam Tamarapa says it’s keen to form meaningful partnerships with iwi over things like freshwater management.
“We’re looking for what does te mana o te wai mean to you, right down to hapu level? What parts in matauranga Māori do you think could feed into helping develop this plan? And of course tied to that is mahinga kai, so there are those key conversations around those three aspects,” Tamarapa says.
The council also needs to work with iwi and hapu on establishing a standard set of Treaty principles in a Taranaki context.......
waateanews.com/2022/11/09/taranaki-council-seeks-iwi-input-into-environment-plan/
A Far North District councillor-elect who used her own unofficial document at the new council's October swearing-in ceremony, will on Thursday sign her official declaration.
Hilda Halkyard-Harawira wrote her own document for the Far North District Council (FNDC)'s official October 27 swearing-in ceremony at the Kaikohe Memorial Hall.
She read it out as her oath of office, her document sitting atop the council's official declaration.
Halkyard-Harawira's document was signed by herself and FNDC Mayor Moko Tepania in the hall after the ceremony.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/far-north-councillor-hilda-halkyard-harawira-to-sign-official-swearing-in-document/WSSAHEX6PAQRBLFYVPM57XP3K4/
DCC TO SIGN UPDATED AGREEMENT WITH MANA WHENUA
The Dunedin City Council will usher in "new era of partnership" with mana whenua after voting to sign an updated agreement.
The updated manatu whakaaetaka (relationship agreement) replacing a 2006 memorandum of understanding between Kati Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, Te Rūnanga ō Ōtākou and the Dunedin City Council was approved at a council meeting yesterday.
The agreement would ensure representation of the interests of mana whenua when making local government decisions, and would provide a direct line of communication between the parties involved.....
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/dcc-sign-updated-agreement-mana-whenua
TARANAKI COUNCIL SEEKS IWI INPUT INTO ENVIRONMENT PLAN
Taranaki Regional Council is funding two pou taiao or environmental officers to work with iwi and hapu.
Spokesperson Sam Tamarapa says it’s keen to form meaningful partnerships with iwi over things like freshwater management.
“We’re looking for what does te mana o te wai mean to you, right down to hapu level? What parts in matauranga Māori do you think could feed into helping develop this plan? And of course tied to that is mahinga kai, so there are those key conversations around those three aspects,” Tamarapa says.
The council also needs to work with iwi and hapu on establishing a standard set of Treaty principles in a Taranaki context.......
waateanews.com/2022/11/09/taranaki-council-seeks-iwi-input-into-environment-plan/