Or so says Sir Kerry Burke ex speaker of parliament and now chairperson of Environment Canterbury. I know rich won't read this as it goes against all he holds dear: totalitarian government...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/131162099/the-need-to-cut-through-the-confusion-over-cogovernance
From the article: There is nothing in the Treaty, our primary source document, that provides for that inequality. It is just plain wrong (and unpopular).
and: Mana whenua definitely need to be involved in resource management. Co-management under a democratically elected authority is definitely better than co-governance.
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