Press Release – Te Kotui Reo Te Ktui Reo Taumata, a representative collective of 12 marae across the Manawat District met at the Ng Kaitiaki o Ngti Kauwhata headquarters to make a last-ditch plea to Manawat District Council Leaders, Mayor Helen Worboys and Deputy Mayor …
Te Kōtui Reo Taumata, a representative collective of 12 marae across the Manawatū District met at the Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngāti Kauwhata headquarters to make a last-ditch plea to Manawatū District Council Leaders, Mayor Helen Worboys and Deputy Mayor Michael Ford, to reconsider their position on deferring Māori wards until 2022 and to reaffirm their position that now was the time for change.
Press Release – Manawatu District Council As Mayor and Deputy Mayor we wish to do what is best for the Manawat District community. We understand that there is hurt and disappointment for Iwi, hap and marae as well as for the wider Mori community regarding our Councils decision …
As Mayor and Deputy Mayor we wish to do what is best for the Manawatū District community.
We understand that there is hurt and disappointment for Iwi, hapū and marae as well as for the wider Māori community regarding our Council’s decision to defer Māori ward(s) until 2023.
The Māori ward issue is contentious. If central Government wanted Aotearoa New Zealand to have Māori wards, they should have legislated for it. They instead delegated that decision to local communities at Council level, dividing communities up and down our country. Some Councils are establishing Māori ward, others are deferring the decision and other Councils are not addressing the issue.