The New Zealand government is amending the Local Government Act 2002 to ensure only elected councillors can vote on council committees, removing voting rights from iwi representatives and other un-elected appointees to strengthen democratic accountability.
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Oh, look, the reality is there's been a lot of feedback from councils and individuals across the country. Uh, this is a matter that's been in law. Go back two, three uh uh parties uh before this government, uh, and we've taken a look at it. It is a significant issue by terms of feedback we've had, uh, and we're going to be making the change. So I've got a bill on the table in the House at the moment, and we'll do an amendment. But importantly, yeah, the principle here is that people who aren't democratically elected should not have voting rights and the spending of ratepayer money. Uh, that's not uh democratic. I I don't agree with that. And as a government we're going to fix it.
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reducing committee decision-making capacity
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