A rebrand for Three Waters

The Herald reports:

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has signalled a Three Waters rebrand will be announced “imminently”, saying the term for the controversial reforms has become “confused” and the focus needs to be on “affordable water infrastructure”.

Hipkins said he would not comment on a report today by NZME’s BusinessDesk that the Government had decided to expand the four water entities involved in the contentious water infrastructure reforms – known as Three Waters until recently – into 10.

I don’t give a sh*t what you call it. I don’t even care that much if there are four or ten entities. What I care about is whether they have democratic accountability. Are they accountable to us as taxpayers or ratepayers?

They will have the ability to levy compulsory charges on every household in New Zealand, yet they will be unsackable if we think they are doing a crap job.

The only way to stop them will be to change the Government.