Pacific Realm Islands want say in Constitution review

The Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau are regarded as part of the realm of NZ. This means its people are NZ citizens and Wellington has a degree of input into some of its affairs in the islands. Now, this relationship’s come under scrutiny lately thanks to the NZ constitutional review that’s under way at the moment. While most debates focused on large issues like the treaty of Waitangi there’s a sense that pacific matters – like the realm countries – should be on the agenda as well.