Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 24, 2024 5:33:15 GMT 12
MANUREWA MARAE SUBJECT OF COMPLAINTS DURING LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Complaints about Manurewa Marae — including that staff collected voting papers as they delivered campaign advertising — were made during the 2022 local body elections, but were not referred to police.
Earlier this month, a government inquiry was established after the Sunday Star-Times revealed allegations that census data and private information collected during a Covid-19 immunisation drive run out of the marae, was used to help Te Pāti Māori’s general election campaign.
The marae was used as a voting place during the election last year; controversial because Kemp was running as a Te Pāti Māori candidate in the Tāmaki Makaurau seat....
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/350315215/manurewa-marae-subject-complaints-during-local-council-elections
Complaints about Manurewa Marae — including that staff collected voting papers as they delivered campaign advertising — were made during the 2022 local body elections, but were not referred to police.
Earlier this month, a government inquiry was established after the Sunday Star-Times revealed allegations that census data and private information collected during a Covid-19 immunisation drive run out of the marae, was used to help Te Pāti Māori’s general election campaign.
The marae was used as a voting place during the election last year; controversial because Kemp was running as a Te Pāti Māori candidate in the Tāmaki Makaurau seat....
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/350315215/manurewa-marae-subject-complaints-during-local-council-elections