REVEALED: Voting And Speaking Rights Given To Unelected Iwi Up North

About this episode

Duncan discusses the implications of granting voting and speaking rights to unelected iwi and hapu members in the Far North District Council.

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Duncan Garner

Topics covered

• local democracy
• voting rights
• shared governance
• iwi representation
• hapu involvement

Keywords

• voting rights
• iwi
• hapu
• local democracy
• shared governance
• Far North District Council

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Far North District Council

Places: Far North, North

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