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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 23, 2020 18:41:32 GMT 12
CALL FOR CITIZENS' REFERENDUM HOURS AFTER MĀORI WARD ESTABLISHED IN NEW PLYMOUTH Just hours after New Plymouth district councillors voted to establish a Māori ward a standing councillor is already calling for a petition to be started against the move. But Chong has already put the call out for a petition to hear the views of the community, posting about it on his Facebook page at 3.25am Wednesday. “I don’t think there should be anything based on race,” Chong said. Everyone should be under the same rules, he said. He was keen to help instigate a petition, and his intention was to establish one himself if he could, Chong said. “The ability to have a petition is actually racist,” Judd said. “Māori wards are Treaty-based, not race -based...... www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/122206933/call-for-citizens-referendum-hours-after-mori-ward-established-in-new-plymouth
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 23, 2020 18:42:01 GMT 12
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