Kaipara council poised to become first to can Māori ward
Mayor Craig Jepson said he would be voting to remove the ward.
Mayor Craig Jepson said he would be voting to remove the ward.
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The councillor involved in the exchange is New Zealand's longest-serving.
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'I look at this with disdain to be honest,' Māori ward councillor says.
The Pāpāmoa ward councillor is the only one from the 2019 council to be re-elected.
Only 38.7% of voters cast a ballot in Tauranga's first council election for five years.
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The final voter turnout rate was 38.7% after all special votes were processed.
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The newly elected councillor is undergoing treatment, says Mayor-elect Mahé Drysdale.
The double Olympic champion says his mayoralty will be about positivity and collaboration.
Progress results are out for the Tauranga local body election.
Plans for a bar in Gisborne have been halted by an inner-city kura appealing the licence.
Turnout is lagging, with less than 24 hours to go.
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A mayor says she fears 'disastrous consequences' if access is revoked.
Mayoral hopefuls give their views on how the changes fit with the growing city's needs.
It announced the change process on Friday after meeting staff.
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The council’s role in any future local WtE plant will be purely regulatory.
Councils that want to keep their Māori wards should have to poll communities
The land was bought for $750,000 last month.
'If they're not monitoring that risk, that's not fair. I don't care who owns it.'
Housing density standards are set to sit on the council table again.
It comes as orders to treat more of the city's supplies are considered.