Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 20, 2018 17:29:18 GMT 12
VOTING OPENS NEXT WEEK FOR WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY MAORI WARD POLL
Voting opens next week for people to have their say on whether the Western Bay of Plenty District Council should establish Māori wards.
The council is holding a binding poll to see whether Māori wards should be introduced for the next two triennial elections in 2019 and in 2022.
Voting documents are being sent to all electors on the district's electoral roll (comprising electors from both the general and Māori parliamentary rolls) from April 27 and electors have until noon, May 19 to return these.
The poll has come about because in November 2017 Western Bay councillors voted to establish one or more Māori wards.
Consequently, an independent petition from over five per cent of Western Bay residents who opposed the move was handed to the council, prompting the poll.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=12036284
Voting opens next week for people to have their say on whether the Western Bay of Plenty District Council should establish Māori wards.
The council is holding a binding poll to see whether Māori wards should be introduced for the next two triennial elections in 2019 and in 2022.
Voting documents are being sent to all electors on the district's electoral roll (comprising electors from both the general and Māori parliamentary rolls) from April 27 and electors have until noon, May 19 to return these.
The poll has come about because in November 2017 Western Bay councillors voted to establish one or more Māori wards.
Consequently, an independent petition from over five per cent of Western Bay residents who opposed the move was handed to the council, prompting the poll.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=12036284