Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 16, 2022 2:54:23 GMT 12
MĀORI WARDS BRAINSTORMING AMID STAGNANT VOTER TURNOUT
"These systems of government were set up to exclude Māori. They were set up on the premise that British-informed politics was the one and only form of politics that worked," said Dr Annie Te One (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Mutunga).
Te One, a lecturer in Victoria University's Te Kawa o Māui (Māori Studies), said that exclusion - added to colonisation and land confiscation - created a "community of Māori who weren't provided for by both layers of government" and so saw no point in voting.
She said that might be overturned by the record number of Māori councillors and mayors elected this year.....
www.teaomaori.news/maori-wards-brainstorming-amid-stagnant-voter-turnout
"These systems of government were set up to exclude Māori. They were set up on the premise that British-informed politics was the one and only form of politics that worked," said Dr Annie Te One (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Mutunga).
Te One, a lecturer in Victoria University's Te Kawa o Māui (Māori Studies), said that exclusion - added to colonisation and land confiscation - created a "community of Māori who weren't provided for by both layers of government" and so saw no point in voting.
She said that might be overturned by the record number of Māori councillors and mayors elected this year.....
www.teaomaori.news/maori-wards-brainstorming-amid-stagnant-voter-turnout