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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
Calls for Far North Council to revisit Māori seats decision
28 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Far North Mayor John Carter says the council has not decided whether it will meet to make a decision about having Māori seats. Photo / File.
Northern Advocate
A Northland pro-Māori wards campaigner is calling on Far North District Council to reconsider its decision over the special seats in the wake of new Government legislation.
Kevin Grose, Inclusion Northland leader, said Far North District Council (FNDC) should now make a decision in their favour, particularly as 51 per cent of its people identified as Māori – one of the highest percentages in New Zealand.