Gordon Campbell on the wilting of the Greens – werewolf werewolf.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from werewolf.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For a party that thinks global, the Greens have developed a habit of acting local, and by local I mean North Island, and by North Island I mean Auckland and thereabouts. Go back 15 years to the 2008 party list, and there were five South Island MPs in .
NEWHAM DECIDES: THE RESULTS MAY 6 2021 ELECTION GOVERNANCE REFERENDUM
In the referendum on the future governance of Newham, voters have elected to retain the Directly Elected Mayor model.
Newham residents had been offered a straight choice between the current model, where the Mayor is elected directly by the people and the Committee Model, where councillors elect the Mayor.
The votes were as follows:
Directly Elected Mayor model – 45,960 votes (56%)
Committee model – 36,424 votes (44%)
(Turnout: 37.68%)
The result means the way the borough is governed remains the same.
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz welcomed the decision to keep the Directly Elected Mayor governance arrangements for Newham following the referendum on 6th May.