Turning the tap: Water reforms ramp up

Turning the tap: Water reforms ramp up
Turning the Tap is a BusinessDesk series looking into water reforms. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
Remember Three Waters?Well, it’s back.It has a different name – Local Water Done Well – and two of three pieces of legislation to make it happen are in place.It has none of the compulsory Māori co-governance that rarked up opponents of the previous Government’s plan.And Wellington is also no longer forcing councils to amalgamate all their water assets into 10 pre-determined “water entities”.Instead, the new Government has delivered almost exactly the same policy intentions as the old Government, minus the Māo...

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