Podcasts Other The Mike Hosking Breakfast Dame Kerry Prendergast: Advisory Oversight Committee Chair on the lower North Island councils seeking more time for water reform

Dame Kerry Prendergast: Advisory Oversight Committee Chair on the lower North Island councils seeking more time for water reform

Published: July 17, 2024, 8:13 p.m.

There\u2019s a view more local councils will agree with the Wellington region\u2019s\xa0suggestion more time's needed for water reform.\xa0

A bill is before select committee and further legislation is expected later this year.\xa0

Ten councils from the lower North Island have written a joint submission on the proposal, asking the committee to consider extending proposed timeframes.\xa0

Advisory Oversight Committee Chair Dame Kerry Prendergast signed it, and told Mike Hosking the Government suggests councils have to put together plans for 10 years.\xa0

She says it's too much for communities to afford.\xa0

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