Since the inception of the "Local Water Done Well" reforms, I have always questioned what the end game is.
Forgive my scepticism, but anything involving water reform now tends to raise the hackles. After years of "improving water quality", we’ve seen millions, possibly billions, flow steadily into consultants, strategies, delivery plans, reform programmes, governance models, transition frameworks, and then revised versions of all of the above. None of this expenditure has reached our pipes, plants, or reservoirs.
Behind all this ,IWI are always hovering, like vultures over a carcass.
The "Local Water Done Well" legislation is very much a hangover from Mahuta's 3waters scam but without all the IWI constituted bureaucratic layers - no overt asset grab this time, something a bit more subtle. The The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) just impose a "new" framework where in-house is deemed to be inadequate and the only "financially sustainable path" is the formation of a Council-Controlled Organization (CCO). The DIA, facilitated by their lead shill Marlon Bridge (who also provided consultation for the original scam) have maneuvered Councils into a position to form these entities , where they have "limited" control and we pay the bills and have NO say.
There wouldn't be a Council in the country that doesn't have a "partnership" with local IWI, it will be in the The Long-Term Plan (LTP), it's all BS - lines like "Ngai Tahu hold mana whenua status over the district" and/or "Council shall provide opportunities for mana whenua to engage in the development of key policies and plans" - NZers should be rejecting this crap!
Ngai Tahu's claim for fresh water has yet to be settled - what are the Courts waiting for - a new meaning for "taonga" or is it pending the formation of CCO's - my money is on the latter.
We now find that IWI involvement has blossomed into a co-governed “Partners’ Committee” that sits above the water entity boards - who would have guessed?
It has never been about water quality it has always been about control and control brings it's own financial rewards.
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The "Local Water Done Well" legislation is very much a hangover from Mahuta's 3waters scam but without all the IWI constituted bureaucratic layers - no overt asset grab this time, something a bit more subtle. The The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) just impose a "new" framework where in-house is deemed to be inadequate and the only "financially sustainable path" is the formation of a Council-Controlled Organization (CCO). The DIA, facilitated by their lead shill Marlon Bridge (who also provided consultation for the original scam) have maneuvered Councils into a position to form these entities , where they have "limited" control and we pay the bills and have NO say.
There wouldn't be a Council in the country that doesn't have a "partnership" with local IWI, it will be in the The Long-Term Plan (LTP), it's all BS - lines like "Ngai Tahu hold mana whenua status over the district" and/or "Council shall provide opportunities for mana whenua to engage in the development of key policies and plans" - NZers should be rejecting this crap!
Ngai Tahu's claim for fresh water has yet to be settled - what are the Courts waiting for - a new meaning for "taonga" or is it pending the formation of CCO's - my money is on the latter.
We now find that IWI involvement has blossomed into a co-governed “Partners’ Committee” that sits above the water entity boards - who would have guessed?
It has never been about water quality it has always been about control and control brings it's own financial rewards.
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