Educate and Equip Your Faith Community to Navigate Māori Ward Referendums

In October 2025, 43 local authorities will hold referenda about whether to keep Māori wards, alongside their local body elections. As the Church was pivotal in shaping the Treaty relationship, Christians have a unique role to play in this conversation in each local government area. Voting in Māori ward referendums is a chance to reflect deeply on God’s heart for us to all to belong, to honour the promise of the Treaty, and to love our neighbours.

Common Grace Aotearoa is equipping and educating faith communities about the Māori wards referendums in support of voting to Keep Māori wards.

From late June, we will be rolling out a set of resources to help churches understand Māori wards from a faith and justice perspective. This will include a mixture of video resources, webinars, and conversation guides between June and October to help your community understand and potentially speak up in a gracious and prophetic witness in the lead up to Māori ward referendums.

Fill out the form below to express interest in distributing and leading conversations using these resources in your church.

Join us on this exciting learning opportunity to explore how Māori wards can make our communities stronger and live into the promise of the Te Tiriti relationship.