Yes we have a democracy so that will ensure Maori voices are heard without the need for any structural seperation.
Whanau should be listened to along with many other NZers in proportion to their population share.
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Yes we have a democracy so that will ensure Maori voices are heard without the need for any structural seperation.
Whanau should be listened to along with many other NZers in proportion to their population share.
If anyone thinks that this - 3 Waters - is not about so-called 'co-governance', think again.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/ne...-says#comments
Government's water reforms 'not right for Christchurch', mayor says
Tina Law
18:50, Sep 22 2021
In a letter sent to Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta last week, Dalziel said if Cabinet was to mandate the reforms there would be a significant loss of trust, especially after Mahuta previously said councils could opt out after consulting with communities.
“There are other ways of bringing about meaningful change and introducing co-governance,” Dalziel wrote.
The council had acted in good faith from the outset, and it expected that good faith to be honoured, she told Mahuta.
Council staff appear to hold similar views to Dalziel.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...ers-look-ropey
Suspend the Three Waters reforms. The numbers look ropey
Mike Yardley
05:00, Sep 21 2021
By any measure, public support and confidence in the Government’s sweeping Three Waters reform agenda is tanking.
The multimillion-dollar advertising blitz, which would have you believe that sludge is pouring out of your taps, is emblematic of the Government’s abysmal attempt to spruik the merits of reform. The sales job has been sensationalist, demeaning and misleading.
At last count, only six of our 67 district and city councils have indicated a desire to opt in to the reform programme, relinquishing control of their water infrastructure to four mega-regional entities.
The Government hasn’t indicated any willingness to pull in the reins, despite the towering wall of scepticism it’s up against.
The Waimakariri District Council has been fearlessly assertive in confronting the reform programme, actively canvassing public feedback ahead of its special council meeting, on September 28.
With 95 per cent of Waimakariri residents imploring the council to “opt out” of the reforms, that now looks inevitable.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...ter-protesters
Good on the protestors - groundswell anger emerging over Cindy’s racist & fascist attempt to rob the people of NZ from the water resource & infrastructure they have paid for and built up over the decades.