Ngāi Tahu representation bill passes first reading in Parliament
The bill proposes Environment Canterbury make room at the governance table for two Ngāi Tahu representatives.
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The bill proposes Environment Canterbury make room at the governance table for two Ngāi Tahu representatives.
Calls to open the debate on a bill that would entrench Ngāi Tahu representation at the Environment Canterbury council table continue to grow.
Read so far Thu, 04/29/2021 - 20:25 Posted in: State Senate President Wilton Simpson (R-Trilby) has asked the Chair of the Senate rules committee to remove HB1635 from that body's calendar of bills for consideration. Filed in March by Rep. Blaise Ingoglia (R-Spring Hill), HB1835 is a proposed Local Bill that would make the position of Superintendent of Hernando County Schools an elected post as instead of an appointed one The State's House of Representatives passed the bill on April 23 by an 84-29 margin. The measure moved onto the Senate the same day where it was sent to the Rules...