Please sign our petition:

Please sign our petition to Environment Canterbury to block the Ngai Tahu Representation Bill, which will allow Ngai Tahu to appoint two representatives with voting rights onto the Council. It's important that this Bill is voted down, as otherwise it will be used as an excuse for Appointees with voting rights on Regional Councils throughout the country.

Our MPs will be be voting on this profoundly undemocratic Bill early next year.

Click here to sign:  In a democracy, why should Ngai Tahu have more say than you?   Thank you!

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At the end of October, the Canterbury Regional Council published a notification in local newspapers announcing the "Ngai Tahu Representation Bill" to be sponsored in the House by Rino Tirikatene.    

The Bill, The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngai Tahu Representation) Bill empowers Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu (TRoNT) to appoint up to two representatives, with full voting rights, on the Council. These representatives will be in addition to the existing 14 elected members elected after the 2019 election.