To all those people eligible to vote and didn’t vote 🖕 #nzpol #localbodygovt #shame
https://drgarypayinda.substack.com/p/maori-wards-local-votes-and-citizenships?publication_id=2464760&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=f8a6 In just the past year alone, the current government has passed a law that gave more of our taxpayer money away to benefit landlords ($2.9 Billion) than the government has spent in the entire 36-year history of all the Treaty of Waitangi settlements ($2.2 Billion). #nzpol #maoriwards #localbodygovt
Māori Wards, Local Votes, and Citizenships-for-sale

My eye-opening voyage as a regular voter looking at local government elections.

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New Plymouth councillor Murray Chong kicked out after labelling policy ‘racist’

New Plymouth council's new procurement plan aims to improve partnerships with local iwi, hapū and Māori businesses.

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