May 23, 2024
Answers from Dubbo for Ikaroa-Rawhiti queries
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Labour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel has picked up lessons from a recent trip to Australia she’s using to reorganise management of her Ikaroa Rawhiti electorate which sprawls from north of Waiomatatini to south of Wainuiomata.
She visited the Parkes electorate, which covers the 395,000 square kilometers of New South Wales lying north and west of Dubbo.
MP Dugald Saunders has given each of his staff in different centres specialist portfolios to manage.
“For example one of his staff handles all legal enquiries. One of his staff handles housing. We do put a lot of pressure on our electorate office staff to have to know or be connected in every area so we are going to try specialising in Ikaroa Rawhiti,” Ms Tangaere-Manuel says.
Cushla Tangaere-Manuel says the size of Maori electorates poses different challenges than for most general electorates.