A chance to sit down with Councillor Bridget Bell representing multiple hapū and marae across the Manawatū District. To understand her journey as a young wahine into the world of a District council in provincial Aotearoa. * Public polls can be triggered by just 5% of voters to overturn council decisions to establish Māori wards. * New Plymouth hīkoi for Māori wards in 2016 (not 2018).