Three Waters replacement opens fresh wounds

Three Waters replacement opens fresh wounds
Are we just digging ourselves further into a hole? (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Some councils, such as Auckland, are saying a replacement water regime will be their financial saviour, while others, particularly in rural areas, claim it could bankrupt them.This week MPs heard submissions on the second of three bills the Government intends to introduce to replace the “Three Waters” regime it repealed with the first bill.A distraught mayor of Clutha told them he was sick of the current and previous governments' “continual abdication of responsibility” and called on politicians to “stop fiddli...

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