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"THEY'VE GONE WOKE": SIMEON BROWN SAYS LOCAL GOVT NZ NEEDS TO REFLECT ON PRIORITIES
The Local Government Minister's defending controversial changes to the rules around councils' Māori wards.
The third reading of the bill has passed, which forces councils to have a binding referendum on Māori wards at next year's elections.
Local Government New Zealand is against the changes, calling it an overreach.
But Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking he disagrees, and it's about letting local communities have their say.
He says Local Government NZ has gone woke and is simply trying to push the last government's left-wing policies
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/simeon-brown-local-government-minister-on-the-maori-wards-referendum-local-governments-response/
POLL NEXT YEAR ON MĀORI WARD - MASTERTON DC
Masterton District Council will conduct a poll on its Māori ward during next year’s local government elections.
At a meeting today (31 July), councillors voted to retain the current Māori ward until the next election where it will conduct a binding poll to meet new central government requirements set out in recent changes to the Local Electoral Act 2001.
This requires councils that established a Māori ward under prior legislation to resolve to disestablish the Māori ward by 6 September 2024 or to hold a binding poll at the 2025 election.....
www.mstn.govt.nz/council/news/council-news?item=id:2qzif1ad51cxbyqljv9p
WAIKATO DISTRICT COUNCIL TO HOLD MĀORI WARD REFERENDUM DESPITE OPPOSITION TO GOVT BILL
With its hands tied, Waikato District Council has resolved to hold a 2025 referendum on the continuation of Māori wards.
It’s a move that council’s chief executive says is the best hope of waiting out the Government until after the next general election when new Māori ward legislation could be scrapped.
The council has retained its standing of strongly opposing “any legislation that has the potential to remove Māori wards from its governance model”.....
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/350360679/waikato-district-council-hold-maori-ward-referendum-despite-opposition-govt-bill
The Local Government Minister's defending controversial changes to the rules around councils' Māori wards.
The third reading of the bill has passed, which forces councils to have a binding referendum on Māori wards at next year's elections.
Local Government New Zealand is against the changes, calling it an overreach.
But Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking he disagrees, and it's about letting local communities have their say.
He says Local Government NZ has gone woke and is simply trying to push the last government's left-wing policies
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/simeon-brown-local-government-minister-on-the-maori-wards-referendum-local-governments-response/
POLL NEXT YEAR ON MĀORI WARD - MASTERTON DC
Masterton District Council will conduct a poll on its Māori ward during next year’s local government elections.
At a meeting today (31 July), councillors voted to retain the current Māori ward until the next election where it will conduct a binding poll to meet new central government requirements set out in recent changes to the Local Electoral Act 2001.
This requires councils that established a Māori ward under prior legislation to resolve to disestablish the Māori ward by 6 September 2024 or to hold a binding poll at the 2025 election.....
www.mstn.govt.nz/council/news/council-news?item=id:2qzif1ad51cxbyqljv9p
WAIKATO DISTRICT COUNCIL TO HOLD MĀORI WARD REFERENDUM DESPITE OPPOSITION TO GOVT BILL
With its hands tied, Waikato District Council has resolved to hold a 2025 referendum on the continuation of Māori wards.
It’s a move that council’s chief executive says is the best hope of waiting out the Government until after the next general election when new Māori ward legislation could be scrapped.
The council has retained its standing of strongly opposing “any legislation that has the potential to remove Māori wards from its governance model”.....
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/350360679/waikato-district-council-hold-maori-ward-referendum-despite-opposition-govt-bill