Submissions

Taituarā supports a four-year term to enable better policy, planning, and public engagement—and recommends aligning local government terms to avoid confusion and improve outcomes.

Taituarā supports time-of-use charging as a smart, evidence-based tool to reduce congestion, improve travel times, and support better infrastructure and environmental outcomes.

Taituarā supports light-handed, transparent economic regulation for water services that reflects public ownership, ensures efficiency, and builds trust in Local Water Done Well reforms.

Taituarā urges stronger Māori engagement, clearer governance, and practical improvements to water services legislation to ensure effective, inclusive, and community-focused outcomes.

Taituarā supports the Bill’s aim to streamline resource management but urges clearer guidance, better consultation, and full cost analysis for effective local government implementation.

Taituarā supports Hon. Simon Watts as Minister for Local Government, advocating strong central-local partnerships, fair funding, climate adaptation, and community-focused, Te Tiriti-led reform.

Taituarā does not support the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, which would create legal uncertainty, increase costs, and strain relationships between local authorities and Māori.

Taituarā recommends consistent definitions of “reasonably practicable” to improve clarity, reduce ambiguity, and support efficient, effective implementation of resource management legislation.

Taituarā is an apolitical society of 1000+ local government leaders, supporting professional management, effective regulation, and strong central-local engagement for better outcomes.

Taituarā urges NZ to address infrastructure resilience, funding, skills, governance, Māori perspectives, workforce development, asset management, and fair pricing, ensuring long-term, community-focused planning.

Taituarā urges MBIE to prioritise in-person inspections by default, ensure robust governance for remote inspections, limit conflicts of interest with Accredited Organisations, and strengthen penalties, training, and workforce planning.

Taituarā urges clearer, consistent LIM rules, defined quality thresholds, council certainty, guidance, and climate-change alignment to ensure reliable, up-to-date natural hazard info.