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Te Kōtui Reo Taumata collective spokesperson, Meihana Durie of Ngāti Kauwhata, leads a haka in the square. “What do we want? Māori wards! When do we want them? Now!” The march, the largest protest in Feilding in living memory if not all time, was led by the marae collective Te Kōtui Reo Taumata. It began at Te Runanga O Raukawa on South St, through the town square, and to the council building on Manchester St. Barbara Cameron, the only Māori to be elected to the council, said she had not seen a protest of such a scale in her 15 years of local government.

WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Miriama Kereama, left, and Hinemoana Durie work together with representatives of 12 marae in and around Feilding to make banners for their protest march to the Manawatū District Council building. Iwi have broken ties with the Manawatū District Council over accusations of cowardice and disrespect. Te Kōtui Reo Taumata, a Manawatū collective of tangata whenua, was established after the council voted 6-4, with one abstention, to defer the decision on whether to establish Māori wards to 2023, at a meeting last Thursday. Collective spokesman Meihana Durie said Māori wou...

May 10, 2021 12:35 pm With silage season getting underway across the country, there are certain elements that tractor drivers – and fellow road-users – must keep in mind over the coming months, according to An Garda Síochána. In a short statement offering tips and advice to drivers on social media over the weekend, Gardaí based in the Laois-Offaly division outlined what to look out for. “At this time of year, there will also be an increase in the number of agricultural vehicles using the road,” the statement said. “If stuck behind a tractor, be patient and don’t be tempted into...

DAVID UNWIN/STUFF/Stuff Rangitāne leader Wīremu Kīngi Te Awe Awe says his marae will quit the Manawatū District Council's advisory committee after they voted to defer a decision on whether to establish Māori wards. A law change in February meant the introduction of Māori wards could no longer be stopped by binding public polls. Palmerston North and Rangitīkei councils have both since introduced Māori wards. The Manawatū council had tried to do the same ahead of the 2019 local body elections, as a means of honouring Treaty of Waitangi obligations and improving Māori representatio...

Image source: Shane Casey The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has stressed that it is not advising or actively proposing the use of tachographs on tractors or other farm vehicles. Contrary to media reports which have been circulating recently, in a statement to Agriland today (Thursday, May 6), Pat Griffin, senior inspector with the HSA, said: “The Health and Safety Authority, while highlighting the continued dangers around the use of farm machinery and vehicles during silage season, is not advising or actively proposing the use of tachographs on farm vehicles. “We are, however, advi...