Can’t right past by wronging present & future
The Dunedin City Council has backed tracked on its backing for the collective opposed to the government’s Three Waters plans:
. . . The city’s elected members voted 7-6 yesterday to revoke last month’s decision to join Communities 4 Local Democracy, a collective of more than 30 councils opposed to key aspects of the Government’s Three Waters reform programme.
Mr Hawkins argued joining the group had amounted to the council turning its back on mana whenua, represented by Te Runanga o Otakou and Kati Huirapa ki Puketeraki, who have ancestral links to the area.
This prompted the two runanga to suspend their involvement in the council’s Maori participation working party, which has input into strategies and projects. . .
The council bowed to the wishes of two runanga.
It has an obligation to consult them but do wishes of runanga trump DCC residents? If the majority of residents want…
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