Video / NZ HeraldAuckland Mayor Wayne Brown has called for Watercare and council chief executive Jim Stabback to stop all work on the Government's Three Water reforms, which he says are "doomed". In a letter to Watercare chairwoman Margaret Devlin he said the previous council and incoming mayor and governing body oppose the reforms. In a statement issued just after 5pm, Brown said Auckland households are heading into an economic and fiscal storm and Watercare and Auckland Council must keep water charges and rates as low as possible. On the campaign trail, the engineer repeatedly criticised the Three Waters reforms, saying the council's water company, Watercare, is a business that works well. Following the local body elections, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Government remains "open to changes" to its controversial Three Waters reforms.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 17, 2022 23:52 UTC