Press Release – Te Kotui Reo Te Ktui Reo Taumata, a representative collective of 12 marae across the Manawat District met at the Ng Kaitiaki o Ngti Kauwhata headquarters to make a last-ditch plea to Manawat District Council Leaders, Mayor Helen Worboys and Deputy Mayor … Te Kōtui Reo Taumata, a representative collective of 12 marae across the Manawatū District met at the Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngāti Kauwhata headquarters to make a last-ditch plea to Manawatū District Council Leaders, Mayor Helen Worboys and Deputy Mayor Michael Ford, to reconsider their position on deferring Māori wards until 2022 and to reaffirm their position that now was the time for change.