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Wellington.Scoop The Wellington City Council today confirmed the decision of its strategy and policy committee and agreed to add mana whenua representation to council committees, with the representatives having a vote and being paid. Mayor Andy Foster and Cr Sean Rush changed their votes and supported the plan, leaving opposition from only three councillors. They had voted against the plan at the previous committee meeting. A historic day for council with agreement to share power with mana whenua! A special thanks to mana whenua for their graciousness, ⁦@jilldaynz⁩ for leading the charge ...

Iwi representatives will sit on all committees except the chief executive review committee from July. John Coffey, chairman of the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust that manages Taranaki Whānui’s treaty settlement package, said iwi and the council shared similar goals. “What you want as a council for the people of Wellington is what we want too,” Coffey told the councillors. “You will not succeed without us, and we will not succeed without you. It’s as simple as that.” KEVIN STENT/Stuff Helmut Modlik, the new chief executive of Ngati Toa, at the Takapuwahia Marae, Poriru...

Woolf’s appointment is set to be overturnedbecause of concerns among councillors about his chequered history with council staff. Woolf was the subject of a Code of Conduct complaint in 2019 after he criticised the amount of money the council spent defending claims of bullying of a former staff member. The Employment Relations Authority decision found the staff member had not been bullied or unjustifiably dismissed, but awarded her $20,000 for the council’s inadequate investigation of the bullying claim. Woolf was also in hot water in 2018, when former mayor Justin Lester drafted a sti...

Analysis: Wellington City Council is not brand Coca-Cola 22 Apr, 2021 04:09 AM 5 minutes to read Wellington City councillors considered an independent review into the council's governance at a committee meeting today. Photo / Mark Mitchell Wellington City councillors considered an independent review into the council's governance at a committee meeting today. Photo / Mark Mitchell ANALYSIS: Some Wellington City councillors have decided to make no apologies for being politicians in a world where the "politics" of local government is easily misconstrued for bad behaviour. An independent...

“It’s hard to hear that council is destroying city’s pride,” councillor Laurie Foon said. Councillor Tamatha Paul put the council’s reputation bluntly: “We’re a bit of a joke around the country. We need to restore that mana.” Around the table, councillors mostly accepted the review’s blunt findings and several expressed relief that it wasn’t even harsher. MONIQUE FORD / STUFF/Stuff “The report was generous to us. We got off lightly,” councillor Simon Woolf said. Deputy Mayor Sarah Free was relieved to learn Winder did not believe ministerial intervention was requi...