The only Maori member on the Auckland City Council says the proposed Maori statutory board for the new Auckland super-city smacks of tokenism.
Auckland's Citizens and Ratepayers majority is recommending the Government let the council decide which committees the statutory board can advise.
However Denise Roche from Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Huri wants board members to be able to sit, and vote, on any council committee.
"That board should be advising on everything to do with Maori, including social issues and economic issues, and not just on the Resource Management Act and waahi tapu for example," she told Waatea News.
Ms Roche says members of the Maori statutory board won't have a vote on any of the committees they are allowed to join.
