Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 26, 2020 3:54:17 GMT 12
NO MĀORI SEAT FOR GWRC IN 2022
There will be no specific Māori constituency seat at Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) table after the board chose to retain the status quo for the 2022 elections.
Councillors voted in favour of retaining its current structure at a meeting in the capital on Thursday 24 September.
During the debate, it was noted four of the region's six iwi authorities had formally advised GWRC that they do not wish to have a Māori constituency established for 2022......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/426929/no-maori-seat-for-gwrc-in-2022
MAORI WARDS DEBATE SET TO DRAW A CROWD
The Tauranga City Council this year agreed to establish a Maori ward for the 2022 local government elections. The decision was welcomed by local iwi but decried by some – one of them being serving councillor Andrew Hollis, who voted against the move.
‘The Great Debate’ will see a prominent speaker for each side of the Maori-seats-in-local-government argument face-off at the Greerton RSA at 6pm on October 4.
Interestingly, both are called Andrew, and neither of them is Maori.....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/252652-maori-wards-debate-set-to-draw-crowd.html
There will be no specific Māori constituency seat at Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) table after the board chose to retain the status quo for the 2022 elections.
Councillors voted in favour of retaining its current structure at a meeting in the capital on Thursday 24 September.
During the debate, it was noted four of the region's six iwi authorities had formally advised GWRC that they do not wish to have a Māori constituency established for 2022......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/426929/no-maori-seat-for-gwrc-in-2022
MAORI WARDS DEBATE SET TO DRAW A CROWD
The Tauranga City Council this year agreed to establish a Maori ward for the 2022 local government elections. The decision was welcomed by local iwi but decried by some – one of them being serving councillor Andrew Hollis, who voted against the move.
‘The Great Debate’ will see a prominent speaker for each side of the Maori-seats-in-local-government argument face-off at the Greerton RSA at 6pm on October 4.
Interestingly, both are called Andrew, and neither of them is Maori.....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/252652-maori-wards-debate-set-to-draw-crowd.html