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Shehara Farik

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Shehara Farik is on the Auckland City Council’s Youth Advisory Panel, representing the Albert-Eden area, and is a BHSc Honours student at the University of Auckland.

A typical crowd at a ratepayers meeting in Auckland, 2016 (Photo: Hayden Donnell)

The case for ending the generational monopoly over local government

There is an increasing class division in Auckland, defined by access to the democratic system. Where does this leave our young people in the future, asks Shehara Farik?

By Shehara Farik | 6th July, 2019