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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.
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
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