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NEWS<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
NC Mayors call for apause on water reform<br />
By STAFF REPORTERS<br />
Two <strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong> Mayorsare<br />
calling on the Government to ‘‘push<br />
pause’’ on Three Waters reform.<br />
Hurunui MayorMarie Black says<br />
thereisnoneed to rush the Water<br />
ServicesEntities AmendmentBill<br />
through, with lessthan 100 days until<br />
the election.<br />
She saysifthe government is reelected<br />
in October it would be able to<br />
progress the preferred options of the<br />
remaining Bill quicklywith the<br />
support of aclear electoral mandate.<br />
‘‘If there is achange in government,<br />
it would not have to repeal<br />
legislation passed prior to the<br />
election,’’ she says.<br />
Meanwhile Waimakariri Mayor<br />
Dan Gordon told the Governance and<br />
Administration Select Committee<br />
hearing last Friday, the Government<br />
needs to ‘‘pause and seeka<br />
mandate’’, before proceeding any<br />
further withits controversial<br />
Affordable Water reform programme.<br />
They werespeaking to the<br />
Communities 4Local Democracy<br />
(C4LD)/He hapori mō te Manapori<br />
submissiononthe Government’s<br />
Water Services Entities Amendment<br />
Bill.<br />
‘‘ThisBill shouldn’t go ahead<br />
because it’sbased on flawed<br />
assumptions, models not suitablefor<br />
New Zealand, andthere’s no<br />
mandate from Kiwis nationwide,’’ Mr<br />
Gordonsays.<br />
Mrs Black saysC4LD has developed<br />
a10pointproposal for reform that<br />
would achieve majoritysupport,<br />
while still respecting fundamental<br />
community property rights.<br />
‘‘There could have been cross party<br />
support on this reform, but no<br />
attempt has really ever been made.’’<br />
The Governmenthas madesome<br />
changes, suchasforming 10 entities,<br />
instead of four.<br />
But C4LD is united in its beliefthe<br />
governmenthas not doneenough to<br />
address the matters of concern to<br />
councils and communities, Mrs Black<br />
says.<br />
‘‘The critical flaws it has noted in<br />
the programmeinclude unrealistic<br />
9<br />
deliverables, unconvincing figures<br />
with unobtainable efficiencies, and<br />
the fact that community assetswill be<br />
taken without compensation,<br />
meaning substantial lossofcontrol<br />
for councils.’’<br />
Mr Gordon says the Bill does not go<br />
far enough in addressing matters of<br />
concerntocouncils and their<br />
communities.<br />
The governmentcontinues to push<br />
ahead withthe removal of assets<br />
from communities resulting in the<br />
loss of control thatownership<br />
confersonthem.<br />
‘‘The Waimakariri communitydoes<br />
not support this,and the loss of<br />
ownership and effective control is<br />
the crux of the issue.’’<br />
Councils preparetraineestorespond to disasters<br />
Five days, fivecourses, fourcouncils.<br />
When 26 eager trainees gathered in<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> to be put through<br />
their pacesrecently, it wasn't for a<br />
new reality television series.<br />
Instead, says Hurunui District<br />
Council EmergencyManagement<br />
Officer Allan Grigg, it was the result of<br />
acollaborative effort to boost<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>'s ability to respond to the<br />
very realthreat of adisaster situation.<br />
Staff fromHurunui, Waimakariri<br />
and Selwyn district councils joined<br />
Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong> staff last<br />
week to be trained up, with amix of<br />
theory and practical training,onhow<br />
to respondinaCivil Defence<br />
emergency.<br />
‘‘The aim is to provide consistency<br />
in training aroundthe country so that<br />
when disasterstrikes, Emergency<br />
Operations Centres (EOC)can be set<br />
up quickly and seamlessly,’’ Mr Grigg<br />
says.<br />
‘‘AnEOC is where we work together<br />
withother agencies to respond to an<br />
emergency.<br />
‘‘The people in the EOC cover awide<br />
range of roles to support their<br />
communities with information, water<br />
and food,emergency accommodation,<br />
and coordinating emergency<br />
services.<br />
‘‘It’s too late to prepare an<br />
emergency response when the<br />
disaster is uponus. Peopleneed to be<br />
trained and ready to respond at any<br />
time.’’<br />
Grigg said staffattending the<br />
courses ranged from those who were<br />
relatively new, withlittle experience<br />
in theCivilDefence space, to those<br />
who wereseasonedcampaigners.<br />
CoursetrainerRoss Pringle,from<br />
ECan,and Mr Grigg are both members<br />
of the New Zealand Emergency<br />
Management Assistance Team<br />
(NZEMAT), whichisdeployed to assist<br />
districts or regions in managing<br />
emergencies.<br />
Brennan Wiremu, Waimakariri<br />
DistrictCouncil Emergency<br />
Management Advisor,alongwith<br />
Messrs Pringle and Grigg,are also<br />
members of <strong>Canterbury</strong> 10 (C10), a<br />
regional version of NZEMAT.<br />
They werejoined by Allan Wilson,a<br />
retired Emergency Management<br />
Officer and Local CDEMController<br />
from the WestCoast.<br />
Eventslike the <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
earthquakes reinforcethe value of<br />
havingtrained staff who are ready to<br />
respond.<br />
Alot of this training was reduced<br />
becauseofCovid, so it was important<br />
to get it rolledout again,'' Mr Grigg<br />
said.<br />
Staff willgoback to theircouncils<br />
with agood knowledge of Civil<br />
Defence processes.<br />
Mr Grigg said all agencies and<br />
councils follow anational framework<br />
to manage incidentssovolunteers can<br />
be immediately slotted into different<br />
roleswith an understanding of their<br />
responsibilities.<br />
These range fromLogisticsand<br />
Intelligence, to Planning and<br />
Operations, Grigg said.<br />
While pushups and planksweren't<br />
included in the training, stafffrom the<br />
fourcouncils leftfeeling pumped and<br />
ready for action.<br />
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