Kaipara District Council - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:17:33 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Kaipara District Council - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 New Kaipara mayor shuts down karakia at first council hui https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/12/01/kaipara-mayor-karakia-hui/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:52:06 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=154831 Conflict has erupted at a Kaipara District Council meeting over a mayor's decision to shutdown a wahine Maori councillor wishing to recite karakia, before the opening of business. The Council met for the first time Wednesday under new Mayor Craig Jepson, elected at October's local body elections. As is customary in councils, the opening of Read more

New Kaipara mayor shuts down karakia at first council hui... Read more]]> Conflict has erupted at a Kaipara District Council meeting over a mayor's decision to shutdown a wahine Maori councillor wishing to recite karakia, before the opening of business.

The Council met for the first time Wednesday under new Mayor Craig Jepson, elected at October's local body elections.

As is customary in councils, the opening of parliament and most hui nowadays, Maori Ward councillor Pera Paniora, of Te Moanaui o Kaipara, wanted to begin the meeting with a karakia. Read more

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