Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on the Government restoring the ability to hold referendums on Māori wards - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Referendums will soon be required in local communities to determine whether to introduce Māori wards.

The coalition Government has introducing a bill to reverse Labour's removal of referendums on the matter - a commitment under both ACT and New Zealand First's agreement with National.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says these changes are long overdue.

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