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THREE WATERS: COUNCILS TO BE SHAREHOLDERS AS GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS RECOMMENDATIONS
The government has accepted 44 of the three waters working group's 47 recommendations for changes to its water infrastructure reform programme, with minor changes.
The co-governance provisions proposed - to have mana whenua and councils given equal number of seats on a representation group which sets the entites' strategic direction but has no say in operational matters - would remain, with the additional option of having co-chairs.
She said the enduring relationship between councils and mana whenua will set in place a more fertile and productive space for making decisions reflecting the wellbeing of communities and the environment into the future.
"Māori have a long-term interest in the sustainability and mauri of water....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/466116/three-waters-councils-to-be-shareholders-as-government-accepts-recommendations
THREE WATERS WILL BE GONE UNDER ACT
“Any Government ACT is a part of will reverse Labour’s wildly unpopular Three Water reforms,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court.
"The worst aspect of the reforms is divisive co-governance. It's totally inappropriate to give iwi a seat at the table just because of who their ancestors were. All New Zealanders want clean and safe water, not just iwi.
“There is also no rationale for continuing to have co-governance at the centre of the reforms. Nanaia Mahuta herself has admitted that “Māori have not expressed rights and interests in three waters assets over and above those as ratepayers within their respective communities of interest.”...
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2204/S00208/three-waters-will-be-gone-under-act.htm
THREE WATERS ANNOUNCEMENT THE SOW’S EAR OF A SEPARATIST AGENDA
“Labour’s Three Waters announcement today is nothing but a ‘faux backdown’ which has only occurred due to massive public backlash and the calculated loss of political capital they would endure,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First.
“It is not a coincidence that this announcement comes just days after the embarrassment of Rotorua District Council dropping the Labour-backed Māori Ward Bill – which clearly they have learnt very little from.”
“Make no mistake, Three Waters is the manifestation of Labour’s race-based co-governance agenda which is only leading to New Zealand becoming a separatist state.”....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2204/S00146/three-waters-announcement-the-sows-ear-of-a-separatist-agenda.htm
The government has accepted 44 of the three waters working group's 47 recommendations for changes to its water infrastructure reform programme, with minor changes.
The co-governance provisions proposed - to have mana whenua and councils given equal number of seats on a representation group which sets the entites' strategic direction but has no say in operational matters - would remain, with the additional option of having co-chairs.
She said the enduring relationship between councils and mana whenua will set in place a more fertile and productive space for making decisions reflecting the wellbeing of communities and the environment into the future.
"Māori have a long-term interest in the sustainability and mauri of water....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/466116/three-waters-councils-to-be-shareholders-as-government-accepts-recommendations
THREE WATERS WILL BE GONE UNDER ACT
“Any Government ACT is a part of will reverse Labour’s wildly unpopular Three Water reforms,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court.
"The worst aspect of the reforms is divisive co-governance. It's totally inappropriate to give iwi a seat at the table just because of who their ancestors were. All New Zealanders want clean and safe water, not just iwi.
“There is also no rationale for continuing to have co-governance at the centre of the reforms. Nanaia Mahuta herself has admitted that “Māori have not expressed rights and interests in three waters assets over and above those as ratepayers within their respective communities of interest.”...
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2204/S00208/three-waters-will-be-gone-under-act.htm
THREE WATERS ANNOUNCEMENT THE SOW’S EAR OF A SEPARATIST AGENDA
“Labour’s Three Waters announcement today is nothing but a ‘faux backdown’ which has only occurred due to massive public backlash and the calculated loss of political capital they would endure,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First.
“It is not a coincidence that this announcement comes just days after the embarrassment of Rotorua District Council dropping the Labour-backed Māori Ward Bill – which clearly they have learnt very little from.”
“Make no mistake, Three Waters is the manifestation of Labour’s race-based co-governance agenda which is only leading to New Zealand becoming a separatist state.”....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2204/S00146/three-waters-announcement-the-sows-ear-of-a-separatist-agenda.htm