Mahuta welcomes three waters report

Mahuta welcomes three waters report
The bill received 88,383 submissions. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Howard
The government welcomed proposed recommendations to improve the workability of its three waters policy, said local government minister Nanaia Mahuta.Parliament’s finance and expenditure committee has reported back after five months’ work on the Water Services Entities Bill, with the government majority recommending it be passed with some changes. The 11-MP committee “recommends by majority that it be passed. We recommend all amendments by majority,” it said in its report.“I thank the committee for its careful...

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