Preposterous
Whinging from those mayors and councils who unilaterally chose to actively promote and endorse Maori wards in Palmerston North, Manawatu, Western Bay, Whakatane and previously New Plymouth is offensive and preposterous.
Any so-called large referendum costs (an exaggeration) are not caused by those seeking honesty, accountability and transparency, but by councillors who never raised the race-based Maori wards issue at the 2016 elections, never