Aug 20, 2025
A chance to sit down with Councillor Bridget Bell representing
multiple hapū and marae across the Manawatū District. To understand
her journey as a young wahine into the world
of a District council in provincial Aotearoa.
* Public polls can be triggered by just 5% of
voters to overturn council decisions to establish
Māori
wards.
* New Plymouth hīkoi for Māori wards in 2016 (not
2018).