The council's strongly worded resolution also called on the CEO to explore the legal implications of not holding a binding poll as required.

The council's strongly worded resolution also called on the CEO to explore the legal implications of not holding a binding poll as required.

All but three of 45 councils which established the seats without a public referendum elected to retain the wards.

All but three of 45 councils which established the seats without a public referendum elected to retain the wards.

The public meeting was packed with people from all walks of life, and ended in a rousing haka when the majority of councillors cast their vote in...

A deputy mayor says she its disappointed the council has been forced to relitigate decisions it made last year.

A deputy mayor says she its disappointed the council has been forced to relitigate decisions it made last year.

The council will be one of the last local authorities in the country to choose between scrapping its Māori ward and holding a binding poll at the...

As individual citizens, as voters and taxpayers we have been so deeply, so consistently, so relentlessly indoctrinated, so blindly radicalized, and...

At an extraordinary meeting, the mayor expressed frustration at having to revisit the issue.