Repeal 3 Waters as the proposal transfers the ownership away from Council’s and Ratepayers, without fair and adequate compensation. Under Common Law everyone owns the water.

 Repeal 3 Waters as the transfer of the ‘water asset’ away from the Councils and Ratepayers, represents an unacceptably high level of risk. Water being the Council’s and Ratepayers ‘greatest asset.’

 Repeal 3 Waters because if the four Water Services Entities that are set up (to borrow the $180 Billion in debt) fail, the Ratepayers will be expected to pay (refer Clause 137A of the Water Services Legislation Bill)

 Repeal 3 Waters because the ‘Co-Governance’ management will have non-elected members making decisions. The proposed governance structure is un-democratic. The proposed governance structure does not represent 1 person, 1 vote. Rather 1 person to a group that could have a group within it that controls it.

 Part 4 of the Water Services Entities Act 2022 states that the Te Mana Oto Whi Statements can only be issued by ‘IWI’ or ‘HAPU’ and can force the governance boards running the water entities to do virtually anything that they want.

 Repeal 3 Waters because there is likely to be insufficient water engineers available to work for both the Council and the Water Services Entities.

 Repeal 3 Waters as it would remove ‘local democracy’. As has been proven time and time again, ‘locals know best’.

 To raise the significant funds for  3 Waters replacement the Government  themselves are in the best position to borrow the necessary funds, as they can be the guarantors and therefore obtain the cheapest source of funding.

 A Government management company (with a lot of water resource engineers, hydrologists, river engineers, coastal engineers, geotechnical engineers, structural engineers and planners) will be established and operate in different parts of New Zealand, to identify and contract to work with Councils to address Councils specific 3 Waters and Infrastructure needs.