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I never saw it in their water policy: national.org.nz/local_w…
"Labour has pushed through Parliament its undemocratic and unpopular Three Waters policy which is an asset grab that would take water services off the local communities who own them, and transfer them to four mega-entities that have mandatory co-governance. It’s the wrong answ…
I never saw it in their water policy: https://www.national.org.nz/local_water_done_well
"Labour has pushed through Parliament its undemocratic and unpopular Three Waters policy which is an asset grab that would take water services off the local communities who own them, and transfer them to four mega-entities that have mandatory co-governance. It’s the wrong answer and no-one wants it."
What is a Water Merger under multi-council COO if not the 'mega entities' their policy opens with?
At the bottom of that page is the link to the full policy https://assets.nationbuilder.com/nationalparty/pages/17864/attachments/original/1684306432/Local_Water_Done_Well_policy_document.pdf?1684306432
A water merger under a multi council CCO is probably messier than Three Waters entities (we don't know what the legal framework for these will be), as each Council will have different wants and needs that flow through the Statement of intent and statement of expectations and they will still want to exert control over their own assets rather than leaving it to the CCO.
But it will be voluntary and preserve local democracy, unless the Minister says otherwise.