% of Mana Whenua members surveyed who say they vote in Central and Local Government elections
Current Value
20%
Definition
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Story Behind the Curve
This performance measure is about the opinion of those registered as Mana Whenua members, and not just that of the Mana Whenua representatives.
What's helping:
- Presence of Maori party
- Presence of Mana party
- Active Maori advocates
- Active Maori Issues
- Sovereignty (Treaty of Waitangi)
- Water rights/ quality issues
- Political parties
- Internal networks within Maori – when they see a Maori candidate, they see all the other Maori behind them. Word of mouth. One face represents thousands.
- Unique selling point for Maori
Barriers: What's getting in the way
- Maori not responsive to Pakeha paradigm
- Relationship needs to be a genuine one not a token one (tokenism)
- Disconnect with community – lack of sense identity in Auckland
- Rural to urban – assimilation system
- Challenges faced by Maori in promoting themselves due to the way they are perceived by others
Thoughts for improvement:
- Relationship needs to be a genuine one not a token one (tokenism)