![]() ![]() ![]() If it was at a governance level, we might have got a different outcome - we probably would have. When I was putting forward alternatives for cabinet to consider, I wasn’t willing to change on that, because I think it’s the right thing to do. The Treaty recognises that Māori have special rights, in water in particular, and that is something that’s been tested in the courts and found to be part of New Zealand law. Kieran McAnulty: No, they don’t, because obviously we’re proposing that mana whenua have 50-50, alongside local government reps. ![]() Do all New Zealanders, Māori and non-Māori, have the same level of representation as a proportion of the population in those regional representative groups? I know you’re not calling it co- governance - that’s what your predecessor called it for the longest time. Jack Tame: Let’s start with the co-governance issue. Here’s a lightly-edited version of their kōrero. The interview followed the government’s reshaping of its Three Waters reforms - now rebranded as Affordable Water Reform. Local government minister Kieran McAnulty’s defence of Māori Treaty rights and representation in his interview last Sunday with Jack Tame on TVNZ’s Q+A, was clear, frank and unapologetic - a rare thing in politics, especially in an election year. ![]()
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