The chair of Auckland’s Independent Maori Statutory Board says he’s happy to pass further debate on the city’s Unitary Plan to the full council.
A minority of councillors had objected to presence of two Independent Maori Statutory Board members on the committee considering the plan delivered up by a government-appointed independent panel.
But David Taipari says the Auckland development committee today decided unanimously to endorse changes recommended by council officials and refer the plan back to the full council for consideration.
He says the recommendations were in line with what Maori wanted.
"The sites of value schedule was to be removed. The officials believe there was enough evidence to have that schedule in place so that should be retained and those sites put on that schedule, so that was a significant one we thought was well worth endorsing and we believe the committee supported that in order to go to the governing body to make the final decision," Mr Taipari says.
The important thing is to have one set of rules for Auckland’s growth, rather then eight separate district plans.
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