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	"author_name": "Common Grace Aotearoa",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/common-grace-aotearoa",
	"title": "Webinar: The Christian Witness in Referendums on Indigenous Issues",
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	"description": "On 11 October 2025, 43 local authorities across Aotearoa will hold referenda about whether to keep Māori wards in their council structures. As the Church was pivotal in shaping and imagining the Te Tiriti o Waitangi relationship, Christians have a unique role to play in this conversation about how our local government is structured going forward. What might our Christian faith have to say about the majority voting to determine the rights of the indigenous minority? In this webinar, we will explore how the Church can be a gracious and prophetic witness in referendums on indigenous rights, learning from the experience of our sister organisation Common Grace in Australia as they amplified the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Christian leaders during Australia’s 2023 referendum on whether to enshrine an indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia’s Constitution. We will also hear about the story of how a Māori ward in Ngāmotu / New Plymouth was introduced, from the district’s first Māori ward Councillor, Te Waka Macleod. What can we learn from the experience of an existing Māori ward to shape how we engage faith communities about the upcoming referendums?",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-the-christian-witness-in-referendums-on-indigenous-issues"
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