Photo / Babiche MartensA top Kiwi actress features in a $3.5 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign which National say deliberately smears the country's local councils. Thor: Ragnarok and Hunt for the Wilderpeople's actress Rachel House lends her voice to the Government's campaign to get people on board with its three waters proposal. "Imagine Aotearoa without good water – what a stink as place that would be," she said in the ad. When asked about the ad yesterday, Mahuta told media they were to help ratepayers understand the benefits of the proposed water reform. "The … campaign was designed specifically to create a sense of shared responsibility and to look at the issues from a New Zealand-wide perspective."

Source: New Zealand Herald June 30, 2021 18:00 UTC