Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 30, 2020 4:40:38 GMT 12
RANGITĀNE O MANAWATŪ UNITES MĀORI AND COUNCIL
Rangitāne and Palmerston North city councillors have held their first formal council committee meeting on what mayor Grant Smith described as “a monumental day” for the city.
The formation of the Rangitāne o Manawatū committee was signalled immediately after last year’s local government elections.
It built on a kawenata, or agreement, signed by the two parties in August to jointly manage the development of Te Motu o Poutoa, also known as Anzac Park.
It honoured council undertakings to find ways to involve Rangitāne more in decision-making after a poll overturned a proposal to create a Māori ward or wards for voting purposes in 2018.....
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/122282843/rangitne-o-manawat-unites-mori-and-council
Rangitāne and Palmerston North city councillors have held their first formal council committee meeting on what mayor Grant Smith described as “a monumental day” for the city.
The formation of the Rangitāne o Manawatū committee was signalled immediately after last year’s local government elections.
It built on a kawenata, or agreement, signed by the two parties in August to jointly manage the development of Te Motu o Poutoa, also known as Anzac Park.
It honoured council undertakings to find ways to involve Rangitāne more in decision-making after a poll overturned a proposal to create a Māori ward or wards for voting purposes in 2018.....
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/122282843/rangitne-o-manawat-unites-mori-and-council