Wiki Samuel talks about his reaction to an unprompted door knock on Waitangi Day from a councillor gathering signatures for a petition supporting a poll on Māori wards. When Boddy knocked on Rikihana (Wiki) Samuel’s Taupō door, he and his wife Natasha were getting ready to travel to Waitangi Day celebrations in Rotorua and meet with whānau. Abigail Dougherty/Stuff Waitangi Day 2021 is marked at the Treaty Grounds. Supplied Taupō resident Rikihana Samuel has spoken out against a councillor who was door knocking on Waitangi Day for a petition to launch a poll on Māori wards. After the Waitangi Day door knock, Samuel emailed district councillors to express his shock and said Mayor David Trewavas had replied that he didn’t see why Council’s vote on the wards should change.

Source: Stuff February 11, 2021 23:36 UTC