OPINION: Co-governance doesn’t need to be the terrifying word it has been made out to be. I have been speaking recently on the topic of co-governance as people have asked my thoughts. Monique Ford/Stuff The Whanganui River is an example of co-governance between iwi, hapū, local and central government in actionSo why the high anxiety and anger when it comes to the Three Waters co-governance model? An entity built on a co-governance model now exists to ensure conformity of resource consents and other mitigation continues. The Gisborne District Council was the first and still the only council to have 50-50 co-governance model for the resource consent hearing committee.

Source: Stuff June 24, 2022 05:01 UTC