The 13 councillors voted unanimously, reaffirming a decision they made in May to continue with their Māori ward for the October 2025 local elections
... and then doubled down to continue waste ratepayer funds.
they pushed back against what Cr Hilda Halkyard-Harawira labelled simply Government efforts to remove Māori from local government with the council having to poll people about this decision to keep the ward
We will soon see what the rest of the electorate thinks of such decisions as turkeys vote for Christmas.