Daily review 12/02/2024

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   The government is requiring councils to have water organisations/SOE's set up and ready to go (asset that can be sold off).

   Brown on Monday said the first of the planned Bills will be passed by mid-2024 and focused on "council service deliver plans and transitional economic regulation". This would also include providing requirements for establishing Council Controlled Organisations.

   The second Bill will be introduced in December and passed by mid-2025, Brown said.

   "This will set out provisions relating to long-term requirements for financial sustainability, provide for a complete economic regulation regime, and a new range of structural and financing tools, including a new type of financially independent council-controlled organisation.

   https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/02/government-releases-plans-to-repeal-replace-three-waters-including-new-advisory-group.html
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      Long overdue.

      Watercare shows how it's done well. They will likely expand and marge in the Northland and Kaipara systems which are a mess, as well as northern Waikato.

      https://waterefficiencyplan.watercare.co.nz/our-targets

      Done badly it looks like Wellington Water, with few meters, low charges, and 45% water losses.
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   SPC…we don't have a 'government' as such we have a troika, composed of a member of the blue underwear clown face nasty party, the yellow jacket fascist party, and a the tin foil hat brigade…….

   In effect they serve no one but themselves………………

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