The Three Waters entrenchment clause has been removed from the legislation, and Leader of the House Chris Hipkins has admitted it was a 'mistake'.

The entrenchment clause would have made it more difficult to privatise water assets and generated backlash from legal experts before it was removed.

The big question on everyone's minds is- how much did Jacinda Ardern know about it?

NZME business commentator Fran O'Sullivan weighed in on this after the fact. 

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