Find a way to work together to improve issues around water would be a much more painless way to implement reform for communities, iwi, local and central government. However, we do not want our communities to suffer a flawed reform forced on them. “Deputy Mayor David Carruthers agrees, “Westland District Council is very willing to work in collaboration with the government to achieve the aims of the three waters reform. “It’s not too late to save this reform, we just need some real collaboration not coercion.” “Not all of the $34 million is a wasted spend, we can use the knowledge gained from councils to help bring in more flexible and effective solutions. “But we owe it to our communities to work constructively on this, that’s why our door is always open to work with the Government on a multi-party model that works for everyone, not something that could end every time there’s a change in the party in charge. “Why they would pay more than $1.2 million to a Scottish water regulator for a model, rather than come to the people actually running the services in New Zealand, is truly baffling. “If the Government had come to councils at an early stage, and in the spirit of true partnership, this could have been a completely different story and significantly cheaper one. “Communities 4 Local Democracy has used its expertise and knowledge to put together a workable framework for reform that could get broad council and community support for a fraction of what the Government has spent so far on travel alone. “Flaws aside, to then mandate a reform that’s overwhelmingly unpopular with communities and requires more than a billion dollars in spending to convince councils to come on board, when councils agree reform of some kind is necessary, is an astounding waste of money. “While any reform of this type isn’t going to be cheap, to spend $34 million to come up with a flawed proposal that no one is happy with beggars belief,” she said. The more than $1 billion mooted as part of the ‘no worse off’ and ‘better off’ funding package being given to councils will be funded through future water charges from the new entities.Ĭommunities 4 Local Democracy He hapori mō te Manapori Chair and Manawatu District Mayor Helen Worboys said a cheaper and more effective option would have been to listen to stakeholders rather than spend millions on expensive consultants. The Government has already spent $34 million designing a reform so badly received they plan to bill water users more than a billion dollars to bring stakeholders on board.įigures released by the Department of Internal Affairs shows that the Government has spent $34 million to date on the four mega-corporation model for Three Waters Reform, with more than $9 million on staffing and $24 million on external contractors. Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs shows that the Government … The Government has already spent $34 million designing a reform so badly received they plan to bill water users more than a billion dollars to bring stakeholders on board. “I’d like to see meetings set up across the country where it’s well-advertised and adoptees could come out to public meetings,” Rajotte said.Press Release – Communities 4 Local Democracy Rajotte wants the federal government to redo the process. She also said she doesn’t believe enough consultation was done prior to the proposal. “They wanted things to come to a conclusion and the people who wanted some change or said it could be better were overlooking the agony of the process, and the thousands of people with whom I’ve spoken over time - because this has been going on for nine years - say enough is enough.”Ĭoleen Rajotte is one of the survivors who isn’t happy with the settlement.ĭuring the hearings, Rajotte argued that claimants will lose their right to sue the federal government if they accept the money. “It’s the right decision,” he said Friday. The first several seasons imagined protagonist Johnny Dollar as a private investigator drama, with Charles Russell, Edmond OBrien and John Lund portraying Dollar in succession over the years. Lawyer Tony Merchant, whose firm represents some of the victims, says most of the people affected by the Sixties Scoop want to move on with their lives. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from Februto September 30, 1962. Shore says he will issue his reasons for his ruling in a month or longer.