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Nick Clark: Who is really in charge at your council
Nick Clark, Senior Fellow at The New Zealand Initiative, examines the balance of power in local government, highlighting cases where council bureaucrats and management withhold vital information or legal advice from elected councillors. READ MORE
Geoff Parker: One Law for All is not an attack on Māori
Written in response to critics like Sir Douglas Graham and Noel O'Malley, the piece argues that advocating for equal rights and a "colour-blind" legal system is not an attack on Māori culture or an attempt to extinguish customary rights, but a defence of universal citizenship. READ MORE
Anglo-Saxon: New Zealand democracy's biggest threat - the tribal aristocracy
Insight into the constitutional changes the Rangātira class Māori want. The false claim of a treaty partnership and the attempt to impose an upper house of unelected Rangātira with the right to veto our democratically elected Parliament. VIEW HERE
Wayne Brown threatens Auckland Deal over unelected board member voting rights
The Centrist reports that Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has warned that the council could walk away from its regional "Auckland Deal" with the government if central authorities move to strip voting rights from unelected members of Houkura, the Independent Māori Statutory Board. READ MORE
Stop Tiaki Wai. Flawed Governance: Public Loss of Democratic Accountability
The "Stop Tiaki Wai" campaign and associated community groups focus on critical concerns surrounding democratic accountability, financial transparency, and structural reforms regarding water entities. READ MORE
Bob Edlin: Sovereignty and The Treaty.....
Bob Edlin’s article examines the intensifying political battle lines over New Zealand’s constitutional future, contrasting the ACT Party's call to wind up the Waitangi Tribunal with the Te Pāti Māori push for a "Te Tiriti Commission" and constitutional transformation. READ MORE
What Peter Bentley Actually Stood for and Against
Written by former councillor Reynold Macpherson, the article honours the principles and public service of late Rotorua councillor Peter Bentley, arguing that his legacy goes far beyond practical infrastructure work to centre on democratic accountability and open government. READ MORE