Tukoroirangi Morgan will keep his job as chairman of the Waikato-Tainui tribal parliament after the iwi's executive committee decided a vote to oust him did not get the necessary numbers.
A resolution to oust Mr Morgan as chairman of the executive board of the parliament, Te Kauhanganui, on the grounds
that he allegedly brought the iwi into disrepute was supported by 30 marae and opposed by 27.
However, there were two abstentions and six invalid votes, meaning there was some uncertainty about whether he had been dumped.
Acting chairwoman Patience Te Ao said the rules of Te Kauhanganui clearly stated that such a resolution needed the support of 50 per cent of marae, meaning it needed the support of 33 of the 65 voting marae.
"That threshold was not met when the vote was taken on Saturday," Mrs Te Ao said in a statement today.
