To date the level of sophistication of the 3 Waters debate has been ‘da Maaaris is stealing da water’ which I believe is smoke screening the far bigger issues around 3 Waters, and that is who is actually directing this, Wellington or Beijing? The purpose of the all expenses paid delegation was to investigate Scotland’s infrastructure innovations since devolution, especially their water system which ended up being the structural basis for 3 Waters. Infrastructure NZ comprises of the China Construction Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Bank of China. These are the domestic pimps for China’s Belt and Road project, why are we allowing Chinese interests to influence our infrastructure? We have been so easily distracted by ‘da Māoris is stealing da water’ we have not realised the corporate Chinese banking interests who are actually directing our infrastructure plans!

Source: Stuff February 19, 2023 20:23 UTC