October 11, 2023
Co-governance bogey at odds with council experience
The Opportunities Party leader Raf Manji says the public is confused about co-governance because it doesn’t understand the way iwi and government relate.
The former Christchurch city councilor says while in that role he developed positive working relationships with Ngai Tahu and its Otautahi hapu Te Ngāi o Tūāhuriri.
He says co-governance is an effective solution to very specific problems.
“The relationships certainly, as I see and experience it are very local. So if you look at the some of the deals done under Chris Finlayson when he was Treaty Settlements Minister, the Whanganui river co-governance structure, the Urewera Tūhoe deal. I think we’ll see more of those. And I think they’re really good,” he says.
Raf Manji is standing for TOP in Ilam