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He who controls the waters, controls life ...

Maori intend to take control of all water in New Zealand.

"Three Waters reforms: Nanaia Mahuta and Grant Robertson announce next steps - NZ Herald"

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/three-waters-reforms-nanaia-mahuta-and-grant-robertson-announce-next-steps/HUFOZTAW37DCOILDVS5KEWNMRM

Excerpt: The Government plans to roll water services, currently owned and largely delivered by 67 councils, into four massive water entities.

These reforms have been controversial because, while councils will still own a stake in whatever water company ends up owning their pipes and reservoirs, they will lose effective control over how they deliver water services. Instead, the entities will be controlled by boards that are appointed by a panel, which is appointed equally by councils and mana whenua.

This complicated structure has dragged Three Waters reforms into the wider debate over co-governance.


National local government spokesman Simon Watts repeated the party's position that it is opposed to privatisation.

Act Party leader David Seymour said his party would not support the Three Waters reforms, and would return the assets to councils.

He said they did not support the co-governance aspects.

On privatisation, he said the Government was trying to muddy the waters.

What was being proposed would make the situation worse with less accountability. He said there needed to be more resourcing.


Mahuta announced her plan to amalgamate water services last year along with a controversial decision to force councils into the reforms without the ability to opt in or out.

The ensuing controversy forced the Government to commission a working group of councils and mana whenua to review some of the most controversial proposals. However, changes to co-governance and compulsion were excluded from the review.

The working group published its recommendations in March and failed to assuage the controversy around the reforms, particularly because co-governance aspects were left in place.

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