Mayors can't represent Māori - West Coast iwi chair

Mayors can't represent Māori - West Coast iwi chair

Paul Madgwick has rejected the idea that mayors would represent Māori interests on the government's proposed new boards.

Horizons chair challenges regional council plan

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Moana Ellis for LDR Mayors were not elected to provide regional oversight on environmental regulation or to design a new regional council model, Horizons Regional Council chair Nikki Riley says. A Government proposal to swap elected regional councillors for mayors could undermine democratic representation, she says. “While the mayors in our region are capable people, they were not elected – and did not campaign to be e…