“The introduction of the Water Services Entities Bill marks the mid-point of the three waters journey” says Raymond Horan, Chief Advisor of Taituarā. “This includes improvements to the current Bill and the development of the second Bill slated for introduction towards the end of September”.
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Key takeaways from the Rural Supplies Technical Working Group’s report into rural drinking water supplies
The Rural Supplies Technical Working Group recently released its Report into rural drinking water supplies. This is relevant specifically to those councils with rural drinking water and mixed-use supplies in their rohe. In this article our Chief Executive Karen Thomas outlines key takeaways from the Report and shares thoughts on future directions for this work.
A tour of the Government Response to the Three Waters Governance Group report
On 29 April 2022 the Ministers of Finance and Local Government announced the Government’s response to the report of the Independent Group on Three Waters Governance and Accountability (the Group). In essence the Government has accepted the Group’s recommendations pretty much ’as is‘. Of the 47 recommendations, the Government has agreed with 44 and signalled it is working on two further recommendations.
Taituarā President responds to Government’s Three Waters announcement
Taituarā notes the Government’s Three Waters announcement and thanks the Working Group for their report and recommendations.
Three Waters ‘better off’ funding for local authorities
The Government has announced the first tranche of funding for Three Waters work totalling $500 million dollars.
Three Waters Rural Supplies Technical Working Group and water governance
In addition to the analysis of the Working Group on Representation, Governance and Accountability’s report and our own Taituarā analysis, we would like to highlight that the Three Waters Rural Supplies Technical Working Group is continuing to progress its work.
Taituarā responds to Three Waters Governance Group Report
The Working Group on Representation, Governance and Accountability of new Water Services Entities reported back to the Minister for Local Government Nanaia Mahuta yesterday with 47 recommendations. Taituarā welcomes the Report and would like to offer some commentary on its contents.
Three Waters Reform Programme Investment Package
On 8 July, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Local Government announced a three-year programme for reforming three waters service delivery arrangements, to be delivered in parallel with an economic stimulus package of Crown investment.
Taituarā Executive Board welcomes certainty created by Three Waters decision
Today the Minister of Local Government announced the future direction for the Three Waters service delivery component of the Three Waters Reform Programme – to introduce legislation to create four publicly-owned water entities.
Draft Infrastructure Strategy released
The Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga has just released its Draft New Zealand Infrastructure Strategy. This was developed following consideration of submissions received during their public consultation as well as stakeholder engagement, international and domestic research, and the results from the online Aotearoa 2050 survey.