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Local Water Done Well | a guide to significant changes to planning, reporting, and accountability for local authorities

2025

May 30, 2025

This year local councils have been making important choices about the future of water services delivery in their area. But regardless of the delivery model chosen, all councils will have to comply with the significant new requirements for planning, reporting, and accountability in the Local Government (Water Services) Bill. In this guide, Nick Davis and Sarah Baddeley explain what’s in store, including a new ring-fencing rule and other forms of economic regulation by the Commerce Commission.

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