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Selwyn District Mayor Sam Broughton.
Photo: Supplied / Selwyn District Council
Selwyn District Mayor Sam Broughton said however he remained unconvinced at the early stage of the government s plans to reform publicly-owned water assets.
It follows misleading comments from National Party leader Judith Collins at the weekend saying iwi could inherit a 50 percent ownership share of the South Island s water infrastructure as part of the scheme.
Broughton was part of discussion with the Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta last week with three other mayors and Ngāi Tahu leadership on behalf of the mayors of the South Island and said the mayors were taking a proactive approach alongside iwi representatives.
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 2:12 pm
This week four new Stratford District Youth Councillors
have been officially sworn in by District Mayor Neil
Volzke.
Pictured from L
to R: Connor Giblin, Taleesha Kelsen, Achim Hanne, Keisya
Gunawan, Alena Hojdelewicz, Harmony Hanover, Ciara
Staines-Huley, Brooke Hereora, Taylyn Kelsen, Victoria Payne
and Mayor Volzke.
Absent: Emma
Steele
Brooke Hereroa, Ciara Staines-Huley,
Taylyn Kelsen and Victoria Payne have joined Connor Giblin
(Co-Chair), Harmony Hanover (Co-Chair), Achim Hanne, Alena
Hojdelewicz, Emma Steele, Keisya Gunawan and Taleesha Kelsen
to make up the full 11 members of the Stratford District
Youth Council.
District Mayor Neil Volzke says,
“These young people will gain a lot of knowledge and