Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 23, 2023 2:35:46 GMT 12
NEW LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS ON CO-GOVERNANCE: ‘NO-ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT MEANS’
Hipkins said “no one understands what [co-governance] means because we’re talking about quite different things”.
He added that it “hasn’t always been clear” what the Government has meant when it talked about co-governance proposals in the past, and offered to be clearer in the future.
“We’re talking about quite often quite different things. If I look at some of the Treaty settlements that have been reached over the last 20 years they often have co-governance arrangements in them,” Hipkins said.
The Government has instituted co-governance at the top of the new Three Waters entities, with the four new water entities responsible to co-governed boards.
The Government has also put an element of co-governance into the health reforms, creating a devolved Māori Health authority, which is responsible for elements of Māori health but is also has a responsibility to co-design health plans for the wider population.
Hipkins noted that under National, many treaty settlements included co-governance provisions for places like the Whanganui River and Te Urewera.
“The National Government probably signed up to more co-governance arrangements through the Treaty process than any other government did. It means a different thing in a different context,” he said......
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Hipkins said “no one understands what [co-governance] means because we’re talking about quite different things”.
He added that it “hasn’t always been clear” what the Government has meant when it talked about co-governance proposals in the past, and offered to be clearer in the future.
“We’re talking about quite often quite different things. If I look at some of the Treaty settlements that have been reached over the last 20 years they often have co-governance arrangements in them,” Hipkins said.
The Government has instituted co-governance at the top of the new Three Waters entities, with the four new water entities responsible to co-governed boards.
The Government has also put an element of co-governance into the health reforms, creating a devolved Māori Health authority, which is responsible for elements of Māori health but is also has a responsibility to co-design health plans for the wider population.
Hipkins noted that under National, many treaty settlements included co-governance provisions for places like the Whanganui River and Te Urewera.
“The National Government probably signed up to more co-governance arrangements through the Treaty process than any other government did. It means a different thing in a different context,” he said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/no-one-understands-what-that-means-chris-hipkins-on-co-governance/YMZHZEFWPVEBNCIS3MACXRHZZQ/