Three Waters and Te Mana o te Wai
Deep within the Water Services Entities Bill is a mechanism that will have significant influence at the operating level of the structure - it is a mechanism that is only available to mana whenua.
By the Government’s own admission the Three Waters reform is a highly complicated proposal made necessary by the need to upgrade our existing water infrastructure whilst upholding the Crown’s Treaty obligations. But despite its complexity the public has been repeatedly assured in plain and simple terms that co-governanc…



