Manawatū District Council’s Road Naming Register has been designed to give district residents more of a say when it comes to naming new roads as part of developments. Most road names in recent years have been submitted by developers and so long as .
Friday, 21 May 2021, 4:10 pm
GM
Harris
Manawatū District Council
has appointed Shayne Harris as Chief Executive for the next
five years. Shayne has been Council’s Acting Chief
Executive since Dr Richard Templer left for a position at
Engineering New Zealand in November 2020.
Shayne
started with Manawatū District Council in 2008 as the
Support Services Group Manager and a year later became the
General Manager – Corporate and Regulatory, which he did
until he became Acting Chief Executive.
Born in
Palmerston North, Shayne attended Palmerston North Boys High
School before joining the NZ Army where he completed 23
years’ service in the Regular Force and Territorial
Manawatū District Council Revokes Earlier Decision To Defer Māori Ward(s) scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Monday, 10 May 2021, 5:06 pm
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