Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 23, 2017 17:13:24 GMT 12
FORMER UREWERA RAIDS PROTESTER ON REGIONAL COUNCIL COMMITTEE
Former 'Urewera Four' member, and environmental activist Emily Bailey has been appointed to a Taranaki Regional Council standing committee.
Bailey is one of three iwi appointees, with Mitchell Ritai and John Hooker, chosen by an appointments panel made up of Taranaki iwi members, to sit on the policy and planning committee at regional council meetings.
Three other iwi appointees, Fay Mulligan, Keith Holswich, and Hoani Eriwata, were selected by the same panel to sit on the council's consents and regulatory committee.
Bailey, along with partner Urs Signer, Tama Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara was arrested in 2007 during the Urewera Raids......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/94004383/former-urewera-raids-protester-on-regional-council-committee
Former 'Urewera Four' member, and environmental activist Emily Bailey has been appointed to a Taranaki Regional Council standing committee.
Bailey is one of three iwi appointees, with Mitchell Ritai and John Hooker, chosen by an appointments panel made up of Taranaki iwi members, to sit on the policy and planning committee at regional council meetings.
Three other iwi appointees, Fay Mulligan, Keith Holswich, and Hoani Eriwata, were selected by the same panel to sit on the council's consents and regulatory committee.
Bailey, along with partner Urs Signer, Tama Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara was arrested in 2007 during the Urewera Raids......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/94004383/former-urewera-raids-protester-on-regional-council-committee