Three Waters 2.0. Three Waters Let's Try This Again. What did he call it?

Affordable Water Reforms?

Trying to come up with something so bland, so anodyne, so completely forgettable, that we forget what it's all about. 

It's still the same concept, apart from the fact that there will be ten  council entities, not four. 

Local Government Minister Kieran McNulty was on with Tim Dower this morning. He made no apology for the fact that there will still be iwi representation on the ten entities. He has no problem at all with that and says nobody else should either. And says basically it all comes down to making it affordable to have clean water right across the country.

So, you know, compelling and it's true that there is the ability to borrow at better rates when you're a bigger entity. But there's still a very long way to go for the Government to get this across the line. The new name and the added entities aren't going to make a blind bit of difference as far as I can see. 

The most important thing for me is to leave a positive legacy for the next generation. God knows we're leaving them with enough to sort out, including debt.

It would be great if we could leave behind an efficient water infrastructure, providing clean drinking water where you could turn on the tap and not run the risk of being poisoned, and clean waterways.

If I had any confidence that Labour could do this with its Three Waters 2.0, I'd be in boots and all. If I thought they could deliver on the kind of infrastructure that they're promising, I would be absolutely all for it, co-governance and all.

I wouldn't have a problem with that at all. It is just that Labour's record on delivery is so poor, I have absolutely no faith they can deliver on their promise.

Three Waters 2.0. Three Waters Let's Try This Again. What did he call it?
Affordable Water Reforms?
Trying to come up with something so bland, so anodyne, so completely forgettable, that we forget what it's all about. 
It's still the same concept, apart from the fact that there will be ten  council entities, not four. 
Local Government Minister Kieran McNulty was on with Tim Dower this morning. He made no apology for the fact that there will still be iwi representation on the ten entities. He has no problem at all with that and says nobody else should either. And says basically it all comes down to making it affordable to have clean water right across the country. 
So, you know, compelling and it's true that there is the ability to borrow at better rates when you're a bigger entity. But there's still a very long way to go for the Government to get this across the line. The new name and the added entities aren't going to make a blind bit of difference as far as I can see.  
The most important thing for me is to leave a positive legacy for the next generation. God knows we're leaving them with enough to sort out, including debt.
It would be great if we could leave behind an efficient water infrastructure, providing clean drinking water where you could turn on the tap and not run the risk of being poisoned, and clean waterways.
If I had any confidence that Labour could do this with its Three Waters 2.0, I'd be in boots and all. If I thought they could deliver on the kind of infrastructure that they're promising, I would be absolutely all for it, co-governance and all.
I wouldn't have a problem with that at all. It is just that Labour's record on delivery is so poor, I have absolutely no faith they can deliver on their promise.

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