Rotorua residents have until 4pm today to make their submissions on the Rotorua Lakes Council's Te Arawa Partnership Proposal.
The council has so far received more than 1000 submissions from the public, the most received in recent years on any consultation process.
The proposal could see the establishment of an iwi board outside the council structure to replace the former Te Arawa Standing Committee.
Te Arawa would appoint or elect a board of up to 14 people with two representatives - with voting rights - to sit on the council's operations and monitoring committee and on its strategy, policy and finance committee, with one on the chief executive performance committee and another representative on Resource Management Act hearings panels.
Hearings for those who want to be heard in person to support their submissions will be held on April 30 and May 1.
