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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1057/
- Published: 2024-09-25T18:30:49.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-25T18:30:48.000Z
- Description: Petley said he made the decision about the committee structure on what he believed was the best way forward for the council.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, NZ Politics

> Tense exchanges were had at a South Waikato District Council meeting after mayor Gary Petley tabled a reshuffle of the council’s committees.  
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> During Wednesday’s meeting, councillors Sandra Wallace, Kerry Purdy and Marie Farrell questioned Petley on the fairness of the reshuffle to female councillors.  
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> Farrell asked the mayor what he would say to young women in the community watching council.  
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> “How would you encourage them when during this term, despite our membership being 50 percent female, there’s not one female committee chair?” she asked.  
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> Farrell said the reshuffle increased the number of committees and yet there were still no females appointed to the position of committee chairperson.  
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> “The majority of female councillors have been demoted through this reshuffle,” she said.  
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> Petley said he made the decision about the committee structure on what he believed was the best way forward for the council.  
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> “If you believe that's a negative reflection on the way I’m doing my job then I’m prepared to live with that,” Petley said.  
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> RNZ

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