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RUNANGA, COUNCIL OPT FOR NO WARD
The Gore District Council and Hokonui Runanga have agreed not to establish a Maori ward in the district for the 2025 local body elections.
Instead, a working group will be formed and representatives from both groups will meet monthly....
www.odt.co.nz/southland/the-ensign/runanga-council-opt-no-ward
IMSB DISTRACTION IN AUCKLAND MĀORI SEAT DEBATE
Auckland councillor Kerrin Leoni says there’s an organised push back to a proposal to have Māori wards on the council.
Submissions on the proposed options need to close this week to make the deadline for getting seats in time for the next local government election in 2025, and the council is keen that more Māori have their say.
She’s concerned some councillors may use the Independent Māori Statutory Board, which has members on some committees but not the governing body, as an excuse to vote against direct democracy for Māori.
“There’s other countries across the country that have something similar to the IMSB plus the Māori wards which are actually working really well so mana whenua having a voice at the table is totally different legislation to the Māori wards and we should really have bothy,” Ms Leoni says.
A law change lifting the cap on councillors from 20 to 29 means the council can create Māori wards without having to rejig the whole table....
waateanews.com/2023/09/19/imsb-distraction-in-auckland-maori-seat-debate/
HIPKINS ON CO-GOVERNANCE
Asked if Labour would look to take co-governance further, or slow the party's approach after criticism from the likes of ACT, Hipkins demurred.
"Co-governance has been an integral part of the Treaty settlement process and is likely to continue to be as we work our way through more contemporary Treaty issues," he said.
"That has been the case under both Labour and National governments and I don't propose to have a referendum to go back on commitments that governments past have already entered into."....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/election-2023/498294/labour-s-chris-hipkins-shies-from-curbing-spending-promises
HIPKINS GASLIGHTS ON CO-GOVERNMENT
“On Radio NZ this morning he said: “Co-governance doesn’t just relate to Māori issues. It’s basically shared decision-making … in some areas we work together with farmers. I wouldn’t rule out doing more of that … Māori issues are only one area that might happen.”
“The idea that giving different legal rights to Māori in health, water infrastructure, local government and resource management is somehow the same as consulting farmers on farming policy is a pathetic attempt to gaslight voters.
“New Zealanders aren’t stupid – they know Labour has attempted radical constitutional change by giving different groups different rights.
“Hipkins’ comments are also diametrically opposed to what his Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson said earlier this month. Jackson used his final speech of the Parliamentary term to declare that ‘Māori do have a separate set of rights.’
“Is Hipkins now saying Māori do not have separate rights?....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2309/S00100/hipkins-gaslights-on-co-government.htm
The Gore District Council and Hokonui Runanga have agreed not to establish a Maori ward in the district for the 2025 local body elections.
Instead, a working group will be formed and representatives from both groups will meet monthly....
www.odt.co.nz/southland/the-ensign/runanga-council-opt-no-ward
IMSB DISTRACTION IN AUCKLAND MĀORI SEAT DEBATE
Auckland councillor Kerrin Leoni says there’s an organised push back to a proposal to have Māori wards on the council.
Submissions on the proposed options need to close this week to make the deadline for getting seats in time for the next local government election in 2025, and the council is keen that more Māori have their say.
She’s concerned some councillors may use the Independent Māori Statutory Board, which has members on some committees but not the governing body, as an excuse to vote against direct democracy for Māori.
“There’s other countries across the country that have something similar to the IMSB plus the Māori wards which are actually working really well so mana whenua having a voice at the table is totally different legislation to the Māori wards and we should really have bothy,” Ms Leoni says.
A law change lifting the cap on councillors from 20 to 29 means the council can create Māori wards without having to rejig the whole table....
waateanews.com/2023/09/19/imsb-distraction-in-auckland-maori-seat-debate/
HIPKINS ON CO-GOVERNANCE
Asked if Labour would look to take co-governance further, or slow the party's approach after criticism from the likes of ACT, Hipkins demurred.
"Co-governance has been an integral part of the Treaty settlement process and is likely to continue to be as we work our way through more contemporary Treaty issues," he said.
"That has been the case under both Labour and National governments and I don't propose to have a referendum to go back on commitments that governments past have already entered into."....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/election-2023/498294/labour-s-chris-hipkins-shies-from-curbing-spending-promises
HIPKINS GASLIGHTS ON CO-GOVERNMENT
“On Radio NZ this morning he said: “Co-governance doesn’t just relate to Māori issues. It’s basically shared decision-making … in some areas we work together with farmers. I wouldn’t rule out doing more of that … Māori issues are only one area that might happen.”
“The idea that giving different legal rights to Māori in health, water infrastructure, local government and resource management is somehow the same as consulting farmers on farming policy is a pathetic attempt to gaslight voters.
“New Zealanders aren’t stupid – they know Labour has attempted radical constitutional change by giving different groups different rights.
“Hipkins’ comments are also diametrically opposed to what his Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson said earlier this month. Jackson used his final speech of the Parliamentary term to declare that ‘Māori do have a separate set of rights.’
“Is Hipkins now saying Māori do not have separate rights?....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2309/S00100/hipkins-gaslights-on-co-government.htm