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Protest over Napier City Council's decision about Maori wards nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The proposed consultation with mana whenua and the Napier community was planned during the coming months, allowing councillors to make a decision on Māori ward(s) by November 2021. But it would miss the government deadline of May 21 this year, as outlined in an amendment to The Local Electoral Act 2001, which came into effect on March 2 after a two-day consultation period with local government. “Unfortunately the two and a half month timeframe set by central Government has not provided sufficient time for council to undertake wide-spread consultation on this matter,” Napier mayor Kirsten Wise said. Stuff Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise said council understood the concerns mana whenua were raising with having to wait for 2025 for the implementation of Māori ward(s). (File pic) ....
Napier Mayor asks Government to stretch Māori wards deadline 13 May, 2021 01:19 AM 4 minutes to read The sun might not have set on Napier s bid to have Māori wards in 2022. Photo / NZME The sun might not have set on Napier s bid to have Māori wards in 2022. Photo / NZME Hawkes Bay Today The Government is being asked to stretch a local government Maori wards consultation deadline which could enable wards to be in place in Napier by local elections next year. Mayor Kirsten Wise says she wrote to Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta after discussion with her council s Māori Committee, asking for an extended deadline for councils to adopt Māori wards in time for the 2022 elections. ....