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MAJORITY SUPPORT MĀORI WARD IN NAPIER: COUNCIL SUBMISSIONS SHOW 60/40 SPLIT IN FAVOUR
More than 50% of submissions on the Napier City Council’s desire to introduce a Māori Ward at next year’s local elections are in favour.
Speaking from Wellington, where she’s been at the Local Government New Zealand conference, Mayor Kirsten Wise said there had been 2305 submissions in a fortnight of consultation, which closed Thursday, and about 60 per cent were in favour of retaining the decision council made in 2021.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/majority-support-maori-ward-in-napier-council-submissions-show-6040-split-in-favour/ZJEUNUJNBZENPA3IM5BIGMPAV4/
THAMES-COROMANDEL COUNCIL REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR MĀORI WARDS
Thames-Coromandel District Council has completed a representation review and recommended the establishment of a Māori ward for the 2025 local elections.
At a recent meeting the council voted to stick to its initial proposal, having a mayor elected at large, 10 councillors (nine general ward councillors and one Māori ward councillor), five wards (four general wards and one district-wide Māori ward), 20 community board members and five community boards for at least the 2025 elections.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/thames-coromandel-council-reaffirms-support-for-maori-wards/CMAYFPORTNBQBEGMKDLDZUTGMY/
More than 50% of submissions on the Napier City Council’s desire to introduce a Māori Ward at next year’s local elections are in favour.
Speaking from Wellington, where she’s been at the Local Government New Zealand conference, Mayor Kirsten Wise said there had been 2305 submissions in a fortnight of consultation, which closed Thursday, and about 60 per cent were in favour of retaining the decision council made in 2021.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/majority-support-maori-ward-in-napier-council-submissions-show-6040-split-in-favour/ZJEUNUJNBZENPA3IM5BIGMPAV4/
THAMES-COROMANDEL COUNCIL REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR MĀORI WARDS
Thames-Coromandel District Council has completed a representation review and recommended the establishment of a Māori ward for the 2025 local elections.
At a recent meeting the council voted to stick to its initial proposal, having a mayor elected at large, 10 councillors (nine general ward councillors and one Māori ward councillor), five wards (four general wards and one district-wide Māori ward), 20 community board members and five community boards for at least the 2025 elections.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/thames-coromandel-council-reaffirms-support-for-maori-wards/CMAYFPORTNBQBEGMKDLDZUTGMY/