Meet the wizard hoping to be Invercargill's next mayor
Noel Peterson is the green wizard of Bluff - a man with a passion for both the environment and local politics. But could he be the next mayor of Invercargill?
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150 years in the making: Mana whenua seats on track for Invercargill
The news was well-received by Ngāi Tahu representatives in the deep south, even though it comes with a caveat. Because of government legislation, the new appointees can only be involved at committee level and are not allowed to vote at full council. Waihōpai Rūnaka representative Michael Skerrett said the seats were a good start, but hoped it would not take another century and a half for the rules to change around that. “Rightfully, we should have mana whenua places [voting on full] council. In time, I think it will [happen],” Skerrett said. “I’m not talking about taking over ...
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