Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 1, 2023 5:14:06 GMT 12
MĀORI APPOINTMENTS FINALLY FILL SOUTH TARANAKI GAPS
outh Taranaki has a full house of Māori representatives after filling gaps on three council committees and two advisory groups for the first time.
The appointments were made by South Taranaki District Council’s iwi committee Te Kāhui Matauraura this week, as part of the council’s obligation to “provide opportunities for Māori to contribute to decision-making” under the Local Government Act and the Resource Management Act.
Appointment to the committees comes with voting rights, whereas mayor Phil Nixon said portfolio groups didn’t hold “any powers as such”......>
www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/maori-appointments-finally-fill-south-taranaki-gaps/3QBTRK2B7ZG5ZCOAZUU743PGPI/
outh Taranaki has a full house of Māori representatives after filling gaps on three council committees and two advisory groups for the first time.
The appointments were made by South Taranaki District Council’s iwi committee Te Kāhui Matauraura this week, as part of the council’s obligation to “provide opportunities for Māori to contribute to decision-making” under the Local Government Act and the Resource Management Act.
Appointment to the committees comes with voting rights, whereas mayor Phil Nixon said portfolio groups didn’t hold “any powers as such”......>
www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/maori-appointments-finally-fill-south-taranaki-gaps/3QBTRK2B7ZG5ZCOAZUU743PGPI/