Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 20, 2023 4:09:42 GMT 12
'KAPITI COUNCIL IGNORES PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO MAORI WARD
Hobson’s Pledge is calling on the incoming Government to require all Maori wards to be confirmed by referenda, even those where Councils have recently passed a resolution imposing them. Councils all over New Zealand have rushed to beat any legislative change by the incoming Government and should not be rewarded for rushing through changes without a community mandate.
Despite 548 submissions, 69% of which were in opposition, Kapiti Coast District Council has voted to create a Maori ward in the district.
"There’s little point in undertaking consultation if the consultation is ignored," Hobson's Pledge spokesperson Don Brash says.
When a Council discounts feedback from some ratepayers and not others, it isn’t democracy, and Mayor Holborow knows it,” Don Brash says.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2311/S00286/kapiti-council-ignores-public-opposition-to-maori-ward-hobsons-pledge-appeals-to-incoming-government.htm
Hobson’s Pledge is calling on the incoming Government to require all Maori wards to be confirmed by referenda, even those where Councils have recently passed a resolution imposing them. Councils all over New Zealand have rushed to beat any legislative change by the incoming Government and should not be rewarded for rushing through changes without a community mandate.
Despite 548 submissions, 69% of which were in opposition, Kapiti Coast District Council has voted to create a Maori ward in the district.
"There’s little point in undertaking consultation if the consultation is ignored," Hobson's Pledge spokesperson Don Brash says.
When a Council discounts feedback from some ratepayers and not others, it isn’t democracy, and Mayor Holborow knows it,” Don Brash says.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2311/S00286/kapiti-council-ignores-public-opposition-to-maori-ward-hobsons-pledge-appeals-to-incoming-government.htm