Friday, 2 July 2021, 10:11 am
Councils should be worried by Local Government Minister
Nanaia Mahuta refusing to guarantee they won’t be forced
into the new water entities, National’s Local Government
spokesperson Christopher Luxon says.
“Despite saying
from the start that the Three Waters reforms would be
voluntary for councils, the Minister has repeatedly refused
to rule out making them compulsory with councils forced to
surrender local control of their assets.
“With
Whangārei District Council pulling out of the reforms
before they’d even got off the ground, Minister Mahuta is
now clearly feeling the heat.
“This week she gave a