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A quarter of New Zealand’s $35.7 billion of water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure is more than 50 years old and up to 20 percent needs renewal or is unserviceable, according to the 3 Waters project by Local Government New Zealand, the first national picture ever published of New Zealand’s water assets. Overall, New Zealand’s water infrastructure was sound and performing as needed, but investment …

The Land and Water Forum is to be congratulated for a comprehensive third report that has the buy-in of most interested parties and provides a strong path forward for the management of freshwater in New Zealand, says Labour’s Environment spokesperson Grant Robertson. “The Land and Water Forum’s collaborative process takes into account the views of 58 interest groups and yet …

Prime Minister John Key today outlined the Government’s next steps to prepare Mighty River Power for its partial sale in the first half of 2013. “I’m pleased to announce today Cabinet made three decisions regarding our shares sales programme,” said Key in a post-Cabinet press statement.  “First, the Government will not implement the Waitangi Tribunal’s ‘shares plus’ concept, or engage …