Far North District Council votes for Māori wards
4 May, 2021 07:27 AM
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Moko Tepania speaks to his Māori wards call at the meeting. Photo / Susan Botting
Far North District Council has today voted in favour of Māori wards. I m so excited about the future, Moko Tepania, Far North District Council (FNDC) councillor said after the meeting.
The council voted 7:3 to bring in Māori wards after an intense, emotion-filled debate in a packed Kaikohe council chambers that spilled out into the council foyer and beyond to the neighbouring Kaikohe War Memorial Hall.
Councillor Moko Tepania hugs his mother Te Aroha Tepania after the successful FNDC vote for Māori wards. Photo / Susan Botting
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