On the money: Iwi pull local government strings
Nick Smith stubbornly denies unelected Maori tribes have control over elected local authority RMA decision-making. He's wrong.
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Local government has been the principal casualty of the Key-English fifth National government (2008-17).
New Zealanders have long believed it their birthright that local government is genuinely democratic, egalitarian and led exclusively by popularly elected officials.
Instead, local
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On the money: Iwi pull local government strings
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