Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 13, 2024 6:09:28 GMT 12
OUTSPOKEN COUNCILLOR FACING POSSIBLE CENSURE OVER MĀORI COMMENTS
That complaint was lodged by Cr Marie Laufiso late last year, following comments from the long-serving councillor, which included emails he later added to his own blog.
Those emails included one about the ‘Inappropriate Maorification of one of our gallery’s most significant artworks’, and another concerning tribal protocols.
Regarding the latter, Vandervis wrote: “I am not prepared to submit to the sexist, racist and tribal ritual requirements that have been spelled out in order for me to be able to enter “safely” on this marae“.
Vandervis also refused to participate in Te Pae Māori, which comprises of sitting councillors and local rūnanga representatives.
He noted: “I am a long-term high-polling elected representative of all the people of Dunedin and I am not prepared to be dictated to in an official council meeting by an elite claiming to represent 7 % of our voting public as detailed in the ward document“.....
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350338206/outspoken-councillor-facing-possible-censure-over-maori-comments
That complaint was lodged by Cr Marie Laufiso late last year, following comments from the long-serving councillor, which included emails he later added to his own blog.
Those emails included one about the ‘Inappropriate Maorification of one of our gallery’s most significant artworks’, and another concerning tribal protocols.
Regarding the latter, Vandervis wrote: “I am not prepared to submit to the sexist, racist and tribal ritual requirements that have been spelled out in order for me to be able to enter “safely” on this marae“.
Vandervis also refused to participate in Te Pae Māori, which comprises of sitting councillors and local rūnanga representatives.
He noted: “I am a long-term high-polling elected representative of all the people of Dunedin and I am not prepared to be dictated to in an official council meeting by an elite claiming to represent 7 % of our voting public as detailed in the ward document“.....
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350338206/outspoken-councillor-facing-possible-censure-over-maori-comments