Co-governance could be seen as simple consultation over property rights, and consultation is what happens now with changes that affect property rights for any New Zealander. And history shows that a few Maori MP’s in Parliament were woefully inadequate to protect Maori land property rights. And this dominance will continue without co-goverance, or at the very least a better constitution than we have now. In terms of co-governance impacts on democracy, and this seems to be the area of concern in the article; I can’t see it. If you want to improve democracy you need a quality written constitution.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 08, 2022 23:01 UTC