
REVEALED: Voting And Speaking Rights Given To Unelected Iwi Up North
From Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief
Published 4/15/2026
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…


