Have your say on a Māori ward in Kāpiti | Tukua mai ō kōrero mō tētahi rohenga pōti Māori ki Kāpiti
In 2020, under the guidance of mana whenua, Council opted not to establish a Māori ward but committed to revisiting this decision during the current triennium.
I te 2020, i whakatau te Kaunihera, e ārahina ana e te mana whenua, kia kaua e whakatū rohenga pōti Māori, engari kia whakaarohia anō mō tēnei tau toru.
Purpose of feedback | Te pūtake o āu kōrero
Feedback is not binding and is not a vote. The results will guide Council's decision about how to get the best representation for iwi/Māori as Treaty partners in Kāpiti.
Ehara i te mea he here kei āu kōrero, he pōti rānei. Ka ārahi ngā hua i te whakatau a te Kaunihera ka pēwhea rā te whakakanohi i ngā iwi/Māori hei hoa Tiriti ki Kāpiti.
Decision deadline | Te wā whakatau
To establish a Māori ward in time for the 2025 local elections, councillors must pass a resolution by 23 November 2023. That decision to proceed would trigger a representation review in 2024.
E whakatūria ai he rohenga pōti Māori mō te pōti ā-rohe 2025, me whakatau ngā kaikaunihera i mua mai i te 23 o Nōema 2023. Ina whakatauria kia koke, ka hua mai he arotake whakakanohi ā te 2024.
Key points | Ngā kōrero matua
At present, the Kāpiti Coast is divided into four general wards: Ōtaki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, and Paekākāriki–Raumati.
I tēnei wā, kua rohea te rohe o Kāpiti ki ngā rohe pōti whānui e whā: Ōtaki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, me Paekākāriki–Raumati.
The Electoral Act 2001 sets out a population-based formula that, based on a total of 10 ward councillors, would allow for one Māori ward in Kāpiti.
Kua whakatakotoria e te Electoral Act 2001 te whārite ā-taupori nei, mai i ngā kaikaunihera ā-rohenga 10, ka āhei te rohenga pōti Māori kotahi.
If a Māori ward is established:
- everyone who chooses to be on the Māori electoral roll will vote in the Māori ward
- voters enrolled on the Māori electoral roll can still vote for the mayor, any districtwide councillors, their local community board representatives, and the Greater Wellington Regional Council representative
- anyone standing for a Māori ward won’t need to be enrolled on the Māori electoral roll but will have to be nominated by two people who are; the candidate doesn’t need to be affiliated with mana whenua or identify as tangata whenua.
Ki te whakatūria he rohenga pōti Māori:
- ko ngā tāngata katoa ka kōwhiri i te rārangi pōti Māori ka pōti i te rohenga pōti Māori
- e āhei ana te hunga kei te rārangi pōti Māori te pōti mō te koromatua, ngā kaikaunihera ā-rohe, tō rātou kanohi poari hapori, me te kanohi Pane Matua Taiao
- ehara i te mea me uru te tangata ki te rārangi pōti Māori e tū ai ia hei kanohi rohenga pōti Māori, engari me whakaingoa ia e te tokorua tāngata kei taua rārangi pōti rā; ehara i te mea me whai pānga ki te mana whenua, me tangata whenuai rānei te tangata.
Establishing a Māori ward has low direct or ongoing costs, as councillors' pay is shared from a fixed pool.
Ehara i te utu nui ka puta i te whakatū rohenga pōti Māori, e tohaina ana ngā utu kaikaunihera i te puna pūmau.
Councils must hold a representation review every six years to ensure electoral arrangements enable fair and effective representation of communities of interest. A decision to establish a Māori ward would bring forward the review scheduled for 2027.
Me arotake te Kaunihera i ngā kanohi kaunihera ia ono tau, e tōkeke ai, e tika ai te whakakanohi i ngā hapori whai pānga. Ina whakatauria kia tū he rohenga pōti Māori ka tōmua mai te arotake i tohua mō te 2027.
To aid Māori representation on Council and reflecting our commitment to a long-standing partnership with mana whenua called Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti, we’ve appointed mana whenua to our committees and sub-committees with voting rights and as non-voting participants at the full Council.
Hei āwhina i te whakakanohi Māori i te Kaunihera, ā, e whakaari ana i te hononga tūroa ki te mana whenua, e kīia nei Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti, kua tohua ētahi mana whenua whai pōti ki ngā komiti, me ngā komiti whāiti, ā, hei kanohi pōti kore ki te Kaunihera Matua.
By law, appointed representatives cannot vote at the full Council. As an elected member, a Māori ward councillor would have full voting rights.
E ai ki te ture, ko ngā kanohi ka tohua, kāore e āhei te pōti ki te Kaunihera Matua. Hei kanohi pōti, ka whai mana te kaikaunihera rohenga pōti Māori ki ngā matatika pōti katoa.
