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Nigel Bowen: Timaru District Mayor says he thinks changes to 'Three Waters' reforms are a bid to win votes

Published: April 13, 2023, 7:34 p.m.

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A new name isn\'t making water reforms easier to swallow for some officials.

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Three Waters has been renamed Affordable Water Reforms and the four mega entities have been changed into 10 regional groups.

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Waimakariri and Timaru District Councils are continuing legal action over the ownership of their assets.

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Timaru District Mayor Nigel Bowen told Tim Bower he thinks the changes are a bid to win votes.

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He says it\'s incoherent policy rolled out in an election year.

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