Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson has recently been saying that he wants to put co-governance on hold for 2023.

The Government has been working on plenty of co-governance based projects and policies over the last few months, including the establishment of Maori wards in local councils, the Canterbury regional council reforms and the Three Waters discussion.

Recently, Willie Jackson has been leaning towards Government putting co-governance on the back burner for 2023, and stated he wasn't comfortable with some new proposals put forward.

Political editor Barry Soper says that it makes sense for Labour to be backtracking on some of these proposals, given that 2023 will be a crucial electionyear for the party.

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