PHOTO: RICHARD DAVISONA rural water scheme meeting in Balclutha yesterday boiled over into occasional heated invective. Despite continual appeals for order from meeting chairman, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan, hecklers were not to be quelled, as government and Clutha District Council officials presented the latest information on controversial Three Waters reforms. The meeting was billed by Mr Cadogan as a chance to focus on the facts of the reforms’ impacts on rural residents, as opposed to widespread "misinformation". "We have a massive deficit in Three Waters infrastructure in New Zealand, and [the reforms are] going to happen. The Water Services Entities Bill, which will form four new, publicly-owned water services "entities", is working through Parliament at present.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 13, 2022 23:04 UTC