Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 10, 2024 4:44:05 GMT 12
FORMER NORTHLAND COUNCILLOR JOHN BAIN CALLS FOR EARLY MĀORI WARD POLLS IN TE TAI TOKERAU
Northland councils that want to keep their Māori wards at the next local elections should have to poll their communities beforehand, former local government leader John Bain says.
At next year’s local elections councils which have brought in Māori wards without polling residents will need to do so if they want to keep the wards or scrap them ahead of that time.
He said Northland councils should have to hold such polls ahead of, rather than at the time of the 2025 elections......
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/former-northland-councillor-john-bain-calls-for-early-maori-ward-polls-in-te-tai-tokerau/XJSBMVJR3VGGPJF34SYWPDZB3Q/
Northland councils that want to keep their Māori wards at the next local elections should have to poll their communities beforehand, former local government leader John Bain says.
At next year’s local elections councils which have brought in Māori wards without polling residents will need to do so if they want to keep the wards or scrap them ahead of that time.
He said Northland councils should have to hold such polls ahead of, rather than at the time of the 2025 elections......
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/former-northland-councillor-john-bain-calls-for-early-maori-ward-polls-in-te-tai-tokerau/XJSBMVJR3VGGPJF34SYWPDZB3Q/