Dunedin City councillors have voted to give rūnaka representatives voting rights on two of its key committees.
A Dunedin City Council report recommended two rūnaka representatives (one from each rūnaka – Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki Rūnaka and Ōtākou Rūnaka) be appointed to the planning and environment and the infrastructure services committees and have voting rights.
Mayor Aaron Hawkins said it was a “significant day” for the city and mana whenua after the council passed the recommendation at its meeting on Wednesday.
This was not the end point, but a significant milestone for both parties made in this “most colonial of rooms”, he said at the council chamber. The vote passed 14-1, opposed only by Cr Lee Vandervis.
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