The Star: September 16, 2021

• From page 7
Aaron
Keown
– “This is
the biggest
takeover of
any sort in
our country’s
history and
everyone seems to be asleep at
the wheel kind of going ‘Well the
Government is saying your water
isn’t good.
“Most people have clean
drinking water. It’s not like we’re
all drinking sewer water waiting
for the Government to save us.
Water will become a bill like
power is. There’s a very strong
element of predetermination in
this, they’re just going to take
over water.”
Was the survey on the mark?
“It’s a complete waste of time
and ratepayers’ money because
the number one question not
in there was: ‘Are you happy for
us to give our assets to central
government?’ There had to be a
straight yes or no answer on that.
“To ask questions like: ‘Do
you think we should have clean
drinking water?’ That’s like saying
to someone: ‘Do you think you
should have oxygen? What a
ridiculous question to ask. No
one is going to disagree and the
government can say: ‘Look, we’ve
got major support right across the
whole country for this. We’ve done
surveys and the overwhelming
feedback was positive’.
Tim
Scandrett
– “There’s
no question
things have to
change so why
don’t we put
1.5 per cent on
GST and use
that? There’s already a system to
collect it, it goes to the Treasury,
they can give it to the water
authority and then we go from
there. The other issue is the layer
cake of bureaucracy. It’ll be like a
trough, let’s be honest.”
Was the survey on the mark?
“Asking everybody if New
Zealand should be able to have
clean drinking water? That’s the
same line from the Government.
I do think having a ‘yes’ or ‘no’
at the end of it would have been
really helpful.”
Anne
Galloway
– “A lot of
people, me
included, feel
very rushed.
It’s such a huge
thing we’re
being asked to
consider. There’s a lot of ifs, buts
and maybes that haven’t really
been answered.”
Was the survey on the mark?
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“It wasn’t a decision-making
survey, it was more about getting
feedback from the community.
Once we’ve got our response
sorted out, that’s the point
where we should take it to our
community and ask: ‘What do
you think?’
Mike
Davidson
– The council
has invested
millions
of dollars
into water
infrastructure
and we’re headed in the right
direction. We’re not perfect, but
we’re pretty bloody good at what
we’re doing.”
Was the survey on the mark?
“It’s a start. We’ll have formal
consultation when we have all
the information. I’ve had a few
emails concerned about the
survey. I think that’s because they
were expecting it to be the only
engagement. They’re happy once
they realise this is just the start of
the conversation.”
Catherine
Chu –
“The last
we want is
this to be an
asset grab by
stealth and
democracy
to be completely thrown out the
window, I’ve had more calls,
emails and texts about this than
I have on any other issue. I’ve not
had one positive response about
this reform.”
Was the survey on the mark?
“In hindsight asking whether
to opt or out would have been a
good poll to have, but the more
important question was ‘what
are the major concerns and
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what do they want to see in the
reforms?’
Jimmy
Chen –
“We’re proud
of our water,
these assets
should be
owned by
the people of
Christchurch.
We need a clearer picture, more
information. How much does
each household have to pay?”
Was the survey on the mark?
“This survey wasn’t formal
consultation, we need more
information and this will happen.’’
Mayor
Lianne
Dalziel –
“There are a
huge number of
issues that still
need to worked
through.
The council will sign off on its
feedback to the Government on
September 27. That’s when we’ll
indicate a position on the reform
based on all the information
provided to us.”
Was the survey on the mark?
“We’re weren’t in a position to
say ‘opt in’ or ‘opt out’ but we are
committed to consulting with
our community on that decision
when the times comes.”
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