Protests as Kaipara District Council decides to scrap its Māori ward | 1News on TVNZ+

Kaipara District Council has voted to disestablish its Māori ward, becoming the first council to do so under new rules, in a tense council meeting.

Councillors voted six to three in favour of disestablishing the Te Moananui o Kaipara Māori ward with one abstention, as protesters outside the meeting erupted into haka and banged on the meeting venue walls.

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