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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Is democracy being demo'd?
Description: I think the Labour Party might have cooked its goose in Parliament last night when it used its majority to push through the Canterbury Regional Council Ngai Tahu Representation Bill - which is the official name of the legislation that will now allow Ngai Tahu to appoint two representatives to the ECan council. The Ngai Tahu representatives won’t be elected, they’ll be appointed - over and above the 14 elected council members. And they won’t be appointed by ECan, they’ll be appointed by Ngai Tahu. But just like the ECan councillors who are elec...