Auckland Council will start formal consultation with iwi and urban Māori from next month on the creation of Māori seats in time for the 2025 election. Under the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act, which created the super city, the council can only have 20 members in addition to the mayor. For the council to establish the Māori seats it needs the government to amend the legislation. Photo: Ricky Wilson / StuffAuckland Mayor Phil Goff says the council can't establish Māori seats until the government passes the necessary legislation to allow it to happen. Independent Māori Statutory Board member Tau Henare said the delays in establishing Māori seats on the Auckland Council had been disappointing, but it was important that the council got it right.

Source: Stuff March 28, 2022 06:30 UTC