Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 18, 2023 5:25:59 GMT 12
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER KIERAN MCANULTY TO MEET WITH MAYORS OPPOSING THREE WATERS REFORM
High-level representative groups would oversee the water entities’ professional boards would be split 50/50 between appointees from the various councils and mana whenua, under the principle of “co-governance” – a particularly controversial aspect of the reform.
The representative group structure would “not necessarily” change, McAnulty said. He wanted to meet mana whenua after the council representatives to discuss reworking the reforms.
“The fact of the matter is the Treaty of Waitangi gives Māori special interest in water and if we're wanting to deal with a $195 million problem, which is what we're dealing with, we've got to do it collectively.”....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131514321/local-government-minister-kieran-mcanulty-to-meet-with-mayors-opposing-three-waters-reform
High-level representative groups would oversee the water entities’ professional boards would be split 50/50 between appointees from the various councils and mana whenua, under the principle of “co-governance” – a particularly controversial aspect of the reform.
The representative group structure would “not necessarily” change, McAnulty said. He wanted to meet mana whenua after the council representatives to discuss reworking the reforms.
“The fact of the matter is the Treaty of Waitangi gives Māori special interest in water and if we're wanting to deal with a $195 million problem, which is what we're dealing with, we've got to do it collectively.”....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131514321/local-government-minister-kieran-mcanulty-to-meet-with-mayors-opposing-three-waters-reform