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Wellington City Councillors have voted 11-3 to add mana whenua representation to council committees.
From July 1, Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika and Ngāti Toa Rangatira will each have members with voting rights on all council committees and subcommittees except the CEO Performance Review Committee, the city’s two community boards and the District Licensing Committee.
The recommendation stems from a notice of motion successfully introduced by Councillor Jill Day (Ngāti Tuwharetoa) last year.
Mayor Andy Foster voted for the move, despite his concern it had not been subject to full community consultation.
Press Release – Wellington City Council Waiata, hongi, hugs and kisses followed todays Wellington City Council vote to add mana whenua representation to Council committees later this year, with representatives both having a vote and being paid. The Council voted 11-3 to enable one representative …
Waiata, hongi, hugs and kisses followed today’s Wellington City Council vote to add mana whenua representation to Council committees later this year, with representatives both having a vote and being paid.
The Council voted 11-3 to enable one representative each from Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika and Ngāti Toa Rangatira to sit on each Council committee and subcommittee and have voting rights, from 1 July.
Friday, 9 April 2021, 10:04 am
A proposal to add mana whenua representation to
Wellington City Council committees later this year – with
the representatives having a vote and being paid –
received a majority vote to go to full Council this month at
yesterday’s Strategy and Policy Committee
meeting.
Mana whenua within the city is defined as
Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika and Ngāti Toa
Rangatira.
The Council’s Strategy and Policy
Committee voted on a recommendation that one representative
from local mana whenua Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika
and Ngāti Toa Rangatira sit on all Council committees and
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