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Former mayor Andrew Judd says he is proud of his hometown.
Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
District council staff have recommended creating at least one ward after amendments to election law in March.
Under the amended Local Government Act, councils may resolve to establish Māori wards before 21 May.
The amendments removed electors ability to demand a binding poll on establishing Māori wards. No other electoral review needed such a referendum.
Mana whenua Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa have one representative on council and committees.
The representatives have votes on committees, but no voting rights on council decisions.
Colin Craig: Sexual harassment finding upheld - again - as he says a return to politics is possible
3 May, 2021 10:51 PM
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Colin Craig arrives at the Auckland High Court for a defamation hearing in 2018. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Colin Craig arrives at the Auckland High Court for a defamation hearing in 2018. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has failed to overturn a High Court finding that he sexually harassed his former press secretary. The Court of Appeal has rejected Craig s latest attempt to unseat a High Court finding in a defamation case he took against former staff member Rachel McGregor, which prompted a counter-claim alleging he had defamed her.
The Truth About PCR Tests
Is mass testing of people without COVID-19 symptoms a practical and accurate way to determine true levels of virus infections in any given population? Is the RT-RCR test reliable and accurate in testing for the presence of SARS-COV2 (the ‘novel’ coronavirus)? If not, are these tests producing a mountain of false positives?
These are all fundamental questions which are seldom asked, as health professions, mainstream journalists and politicians all seem afraid to touch this proverbial third rail of the COVID crisis.
According to one senior UK official, James Bethell, at the Department of Health and Social Care, it is “not an accurate way of screening the general population.”