Elected members of the Auckland Council had a lengthy debate over appointments to the Tūpuna Maunga Authority. (File photo)The issue of council appointments to the Tūpuna Maunga Authority led to a drawn-out and sometimes prickly debate at an Auckland Council governing body meeting on Thursday. But debate over appointments to the Tūpuna Maunga Authority gave insight into how contentious issues could roll out for councillors in their three-year term. The authority is a co-governance board, made up of mana whenua representatives and Auckland Council representatives, to manage 14 tūpuna maunga (ancestral mountains) around Tāmaki Makaurau. Ricky Wilson/Stuff North Shore councillor Chris Darby says shoulder-tapping unelected representatives for the Tūpuna Maunga Authority would amount to “cherry-picking”.

Source: Stuff November 17, 2022 18:57 UTC