Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 10, 2023 4:37:48 GMT 12
MĀORI REPRESENTATIVES TO HELP SET TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL’S LONG TERM PLAN
Two iwi representatives will sit with the Taranaki Regional Council to help write its long-term plan next year but will not have voting rights.
Long term plans set council priorities for the next 10 years and are re-set every three years. The council has invited the collective of the region’s eight iwi – Ngā Iwi o Taranaki – to pick two representatives to help draft the long-term plan.
They will also have speaking rights for hearings and deliberations on submissions to the plan but will not get to vote at the end of those discussions.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/stratford-press/news/maori-representatives-to-help-set-taranaki-regional-councils-long-term-plan/JIAG6XJJBVDLXLVVPDFGHBDKVE/
SOUTH WAIRARAPA MĀORI WARD ENDORSED
The creation of a Māori ward in South Wairarapa has been unanimously endorsed by the council’s Māori Standing Committee [MSC].
An extraordinary meeting of the MSC on Tuesday evening passed the unanimous vote.
The matter will now be formally considered by South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] at its next meeting on November 22.....
times-age.co.nz/local-government/ldr/council-to-formally-consider-maori-ward/
Two iwi representatives will sit with the Taranaki Regional Council to help write its long-term plan next year but will not have voting rights.
Long term plans set council priorities for the next 10 years and are re-set every three years. The council has invited the collective of the region’s eight iwi – Ngā Iwi o Taranaki – to pick two representatives to help draft the long-term plan.
They will also have speaking rights for hearings and deliberations on submissions to the plan but will not get to vote at the end of those discussions.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/stratford-press/news/maori-representatives-to-help-set-taranaki-regional-councils-long-term-plan/JIAG6XJJBVDLXLVVPDFGHBDKVE/
SOUTH WAIRARAPA MĀORI WARD ENDORSED
The creation of a Māori ward in South Wairarapa has been unanimously endorsed by the council’s Māori Standing Committee [MSC].
An extraordinary meeting of the MSC on Tuesday evening passed the unanimous vote.
The matter will now be formally considered by South Wairarapa District Council [SWDC] at its next meeting on November 22.....
times-age.co.nz/local-government/ldr/council-to-formally-consider-maori-ward/