The Rt Hon Chris Hipkins and the Hon Kieran McAnulty, Minister of Local Government, announced the Government's long-awaited changes to its water infrastructure strategy this morning.
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One of the key changes is to increase the number of Water Services Entities from four to 10 which will enable all councils to be represented on their entity’s regional representative group.
The timetable for roll out has also been extended with the new entities going live sequentially from early 2025 with this process to be completed by 1 July 2026.
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There will be an opportunity to engage further and ask questions on what these reforms mean for our sector during a session with Laila Harré – People & Workforce Workstream Leader within the Three Waters Reform Programme at the Department of Internal Affairs during our People and Capability Forum taking place from 17-18 May 2023.