Andrew Judd 'absolutely' vindicated by Māori wards decision

Andrew Judd at a council Māori wards meeting in Whangārei.
Photo: Susan Botting / LDR
Andrew Judd was New Plymouth Mayor in 2014 when the council voted to establish a Māori ward.
It was thrown out a year later in a citizens-initiated poll in which 83 percent of those who took part voted it down.
Judd, who describes himself as a recovering racist, didn't stand for re-election in 2016, saying he didn't want to be responsible for dividing the community any further.
Ever since he has campaigned to have the Māori wards poll provision removed from the Local Electoral Act.

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