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THREE WATERS CO-GOVERNANCE SHOULD BE SHELVED UNTIL CO-GOVERNANCE CONSULTATION COMPLETED
If the Government’s consultation on co-governance was genuine, Three Waters would be put on ice until it’s completed, says the Taxpayers’ Union.
“You can’t have a consultation on co-governance while at the same time implementing co-governance over a core function of municipal government,” says Jordan Williams, a spokesperson for the Union.
“One of the key flaws in the proposed Three Waters model is the total lack of safeguards against rent seeking by tangata whenua. Indeed, it appears that the scheme is being set up to allow expensive water royalties and other financial ‘support’ to iwi groups – something the Minister would not deny when I asked her about this on our Taxpayer Talk podcast.”......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2203/S00231/three-waters-co-governance-should-be-shelved-until-co-governance-consultation-completed.htm
MAHUTA ADMITS MĀORI HAVE NOT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THREE WATERS ASSETS
”Nanaia Mahuta has admitted under questioning from the ACT Party that there is no need for co-governance around Three Waters,” says ACT Local Government and Environment spokesperson Simon Court.
“I asked Mahuta using Written Parliamentary Questions “does the Minister believe that Māori have rights and interests in Three Waters assets built after 1840, and if so, why?
“Her response was “To my knowledge Māori have not expressed rights and interests in three waters assets over and above those as ratepayers within their respective communities of interest.”
”With that, whatever rationale there was for putting a co-governance model front and centre of the water reforms has been flushed down the drain and she should drop her pretence that Māori co-governance needs to be part of a Three Waters reform programme.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2203/S00247/mahuta-admits-maori-have-not-expressed-interest-in-three-waters-assets.htm
If the Government’s consultation on co-governance was genuine, Three Waters would be put on ice until it’s completed, says the Taxpayers’ Union.
“You can’t have a consultation on co-governance while at the same time implementing co-governance over a core function of municipal government,” says Jordan Williams, a spokesperson for the Union.
“One of the key flaws in the proposed Three Waters model is the total lack of safeguards against rent seeking by tangata whenua. Indeed, it appears that the scheme is being set up to allow expensive water royalties and other financial ‘support’ to iwi groups – something the Minister would not deny when I asked her about this on our Taxpayer Talk podcast.”......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2203/S00231/three-waters-co-governance-should-be-shelved-until-co-governance-consultation-completed.htm
MAHUTA ADMITS MĀORI HAVE NOT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THREE WATERS ASSETS
”Nanaia Mahuta has admitted under questioning from the ACT Party that there is no need for co-governance around Three Waters,” says ACT Local Government and Environment spokesperson Simon Court.
“I asked Mahuta using Written Parliamentary Questions “does the Minister believe that Māori have rights and interests in Three Waters assets built after 1840, and if so, why?
“Her response was “To my knowledge Māori have not expressed rights and interests in three waters assets over and above those as ratepayers within their respective communities of interest.”
”With that, whatever rationale there was for putting a co-governance model front and centre of the water reforms has been flushed down the drain and she should drop her pretence that Māori co-governance needs to be part of a Three Waters reform programme.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2203/S00247/mahuta-admits-maori-have-not-expressed-interest-in-three-waters-assets.htm