Hipkins Puts Three Waters Back on the Table

The Prime Minister announces changes to the controversial reform but we are left with the same problems that existed last year - only multiplied.

Last week saw Labour’s biggest policy headache, the Three Waters reform, return to the political fray. When Parliament adjourned for the summer recess twelve weeks ago, the government was widely viewed as having lost its grip on the reforms amid accusations that Three Waters had become Five, and suspicions that underhand tactics had played a role in th…