28 Oct 2021

Porirua Mayor backing government three waters plan

From Morning Report, 8:47 am on 28 October 2021

The government's "all-in" move on three waters, which centralises water infrastructure to four publicly owned entities, is getting pushback from mayors from Kapiti to Christchurch.

But on the other side, a vocal minority of mayors are praising the change.

They say that their Councils don't have resources to get their drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater networks up to a safe standard, and that much of the opposition to the reforms is just driven by political calculations.

One such mayor is Porirua's Anita Baker. She spoke to Susie Ferguson.