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East Coast MP Kiri Allan
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Allan, who previously labelled the provision discriminatory , said the move to enact legislation under urgency announced yesterday would rectify an unjust and a significant barrier to councillors establishing Māori wards.
We re not trying to impose how local communities run their affairs. All we re doing is removing a grossly inequitable provision that wasn t applicable to any other forms of wards, she said.
This was just a fundamentally flawed provision that was put in and has manifested in some quite disturbing campaigns I know have impacted a lot of communities.
It comes as Gisborne councillors say they are awestruck while others are not surprised by the central government s move to introduce legislation upholding council decisions on Māori wards. ....

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