55799 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government

55799 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government: What assessment has the Government undertaken of how the proposed rates-cap framework will interact with any future reforms to water services delivery, particularly where councils remain responsible for funding water infrastructure that is excluded from the rates cap?

Hon Simon Watts: Investment in water services is exempt from the rates cap framework. The exemption for water charges includes charges collected through in-council water services, as well as charges collected by separate council-controlled organisations.