Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 23, 2023 0:30:22 GMT 12
KAIPARA MAYOR CRAIG JEPSON TAKES ISSUE WITH KARAKIA SAID BY MEMBER OF PUBLIC AT COUNCIL MEETING
Kaipara mayor Craig Jepson has today taken issue with a karakia said during the opening of the council’s first meeting of the year.
A member of the public, Pere Huriwai-Seger, stood and opened the meeting with a karakia, a traditional - but non-religious - prayer.
Jepson, who last year created controversy when he announced a ban on karakia during his council meetings and then back-tracked a week later, told Huriwai-Seger: “Sit down, please, sit down. You are out of order.”....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kaipara-mayor-craig-jepson-takes-issue-with-karakia-said-by-member-of-public-at-council-meeting/5YXCFME7WJAIFGZCRINVMGOGRM/
Kaipara mayor Craig Jepson has today taken issue with a karakia said during the opening of the council’s first meeting of the year.
A member of the public, Pere Huriwai-Seger, stood and opened the meeting with a karakia, a traditional - but non-religious - prayer.
Jepson, who last year created controversy when he announced a ban on karakia during his council meetings and then back-tracked a week later, told Huriwai-Seger: “Sit down, please, sit down. You are out of order.”....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kaipara-mayor-craig-jepson-takes-issue-with-karakia-said-by-member-of-public-at-council-meeting/5YXCFME7WJAIFGZCRINVMGOGRM/