Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 12, 2022 11:34:54 GMT 12
LABOUR’S DECLINE
In addition, major reforms have been undertaken to benefit iwi leaders without any mandate from voters – as the Three Waters debacle shows only too clearly. They lied to councils that the scheme was optional when it was always going to be compulsory. They claimed councils would still own their assets while confiscating them without compensation. They promised massive consumer savings that will never materialise. They used a model that independent analysis exposed as faulty. They engaged in an unconstitutional attempt to entrench policy to bind future Parliaments. And they failed to disclose to the public that the primary objective of the reforms is passing control of all water in New Zealand – freshwater, stormwater, wastewater, coastal water, and geothermal water – to Maori tribal leaders.
Only Labour voted in favour of the Bill – all other parties were opposed. And now two more Three Waters bills have been tabled – the Water Services Legislation Bill HERE to transfer assets from local authorities to the Water Services Entities, and the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill HERE to establish an economic regulator.
More significantly, Three Waters has exposed the fact that New Zealand is now being co-governed by Maori. Nanaia Mahuta has assumed the mantle of a de-facto Prime Minister, blatantly flaunting Cabinet rules and acting as a law unto herself as she pursues her legacy project of delivering control of New Zealand’s water – along with all the financial benefits that will flow – to iwi, including to her own Tainui tribe.
The scale of this transfer of power and wealth through co-governance is eye-watering. It amounts to an effective mass privatisation of key New Zealand assets, as control is stripped from the public and passed into the hands of some of the biggest private businesses in the country. Instead of elected officials being in charge and acting in the public interest, unaccountable tribal representatives will be driven by self-interest......
www.nzcpr.com/labours-decline/
In addition, major reforms have been undertaken to benefit iwi leaders without any mandate from voters – as the Three Waters debacle shows only too clearly. They lied to councils that the scheme was optional when it was always going to be compulsory. They claimed councils would still own their assets while confiscating them without compensation. They promised massive consumer savings that will never materialise. They used a model that independent analysis exposed as faulty. They engaged in an unconstitutional attempt to entrench policy to bind future Parliaments. And they failed to disclose to the public that the primary objective of the reforms is passing control of all water in New Zealand – freshwater, stormwater, wastewater, coastal water, and geothermal water – to Maori tribal leaders.
Only Labour voted in favour of the Bill – all other parties were opposed. And now two more Three Waters bills have been tabled – the Water Services Legislation Bill HERE to transfer assets from local authorities to the Water Services Entities, and the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill HERE to establish an economic regulator.
More significantly, Three Waters has exposed the fact that New Zealand is now being co-governed by Maori. Nanaia Mahuta has assumed the mantle of a de-facto Prime Minister, blatantly flaunting Cabinet rules and acting as a law unto herself as she pursues her legacy project of delivering control of New Zealand’s water – along with all the financial benefits that will flow – to iwi, including to her own Tainui tribe.
The scale of this transfer of power and wealth through co-governance is eye-watering. It amounts to an effective mass privatisation of key New Zealand assets, as control is stripped from the public and passed into the hands of some of the biggest private businesses in the country. Instead of elected officials being in charge and acting in the public interest, unaccountable tribal representatives will be driven by self-interest......
www.nzcpr.com/labours-decline/