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Māori wards repealed: This is what colonisation looks like in 2024 – Lady Tureiti Moxon

People in the public gallery sang waiata when the decision was made to adopt a Māori ward in the Western Bay of Plenty

31 Jul 2024

Lady Tureiti Moxon

THREE KEY FACTS:

  • The coalition Government’s Māori wards bill passed its third reading in Parliament on Tuesday.
  • The Local Government (Māori Wards) Amendment Bill came out of a commitment in the coalition agreements with both AcT and NZ First.
  • Councils that established Māori wards without a referendum will have to hold a binding poll alongside the 2025 local body elections.

Lady Tureiti Moxon is chairwoman of the National Urban Māori Authority and managing director at Te Kohao Health and was a member of the establishment board of the Māori Health Authority.

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