Duncan dives into a major shift happening right now in the Far North District Council. They have held an extraordinary meeting to give full voting and speaking rights to unelected iwi and hapu members. We look at what this means for local democracy and whether shared governance works when there is no shared electoral accountability to the ratepayers.
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So, by November 2026 and unless the Coalition honours its commitments to its voters, co-governance will be functioning at the Far North Council - and in others . No action from the PM or Minister Watts. Democracy is ignored and ethnocracy prevails. Was this privately agreed between the PM and Iwi on Waitangi Day 2026?
This is just so depressing. I predict numbers leaving will increase if this and race based policy is not sorted. It is completely ruining this country, our standard of living is in a slow but steady decline. Our politicians are letting us down, National NO action, NZFirst well come on winston you did say you would get the treaty out of legislation so ???, and now david seymour, he seems tired or has he given up??? Completely let us down, and what are the media doing??? NOTHING
Great way to ensure the region remains impoverished
Democracy "by the people, for the people" has just been dumped and Minister Watts smiles and does nothing. This tells me loud and clear that National support this
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