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OPINION: Poll shows majority oppose the plan to take billions of dollars’ worth of drinking water, waste water, and storm water assets out of council hands.

A second district council in South Canterbury has publicly criticised Local Government New Zealand’s response to the Government’s controversial Three Waters Reform - but has not discussed cancelling its membership.

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Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 2:48 pm In July 2020, the Government launched the Three Waters Reform Programme – a three-year programme to reform local government three waters service delivery arrangements. This reform programme builds on the progress made through the Three Waters Review and establishment of Taumata Arowai. Taumata Arowai will be the new water services regulator for New Zealand which will be committed to ensuring all communities have access to safe drinking water and have an oversight role in protecting the environment from the impacts of waste and stormwater. The Ministry of Heal...

Monday, 26 July 2021, 11:15 am Ngāti Toa Rangatira has placed a two-week rāhui on Te Awarua o Porirua in an effort to ensure the health and wellbeing of the entire community. Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira CEO, Helmut Modlik says that the iwi is dissappointed that two sewerage spill incidents occured in the Porirua harbour as a result of long term failure to invest in water infrastructure in the Porirua region. “Our local infrastructure is clearly aged, overburdened and unable to meet current demands, let alone the future growth in our rohe,” Helmut said. “Urgent investment must be made ...