Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 12, 2023 5:07:02 GMT 12
A WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY COUNCILLOR’S COMMENTS ABOUT THE COUNCIL’S RELATIONSHIP WITH MĀORI HAVE BEEN LABELLED “MISCHIEVOUS” BY A SENIOR STAFF MEMBER.
Councillor Margaret Murray-Benge raised her concerns about the word ‘prioritise’ in the council’s 12 page, long-term plan preparation document during the Annual Plan and Long Term Plan Committee Meeting on Tuesday.
Murray-Benge said: “It’s true we do work closely with Māori and that’s important, but partnership with Māori will continue to increase [in] importance.
“I just say it cannot go over our commitment to the wider community, it can’t prioritise over anybody else because the Treaty [of Waitangi] when you read it doesn’t say that.”
“To move into so called partnership just doesn’t add up because it’s not in the treaty and I just think that we are being quietly misled and I’m just sending a signal that I think this quite wrong,” she said.....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/318783-councillors-comments-about-mori-mischievous.html
Councillor Margaret Murray-Benge raised her concerns about the word ‘prioritise’ in the council’s 12 page, long-term plan preparation document during the Annual Plan and Long Term Plan Committee Meeting on Tuesday.
Murray-Benge said: “It’s true we do work closely with Māori and that’s important, but partnership with Māori will continue to increase [in] importance.
“I just say it cannot go over our commitment to the wider community, it can’t prioritise over anybody else because the Treaty [of Waitangi] when you read it doesn’t say that.”
“To move into so called partnership just doesn’t add up because it’s not in the treaty and I just think that we are being quietly misled and I’m just sending a signal that I think this quite wrong,” she said.....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/318783-councillors-comments-about-mori-mischievous.html