Well said Tova O'Brien - Three waters Fallout

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Have to agree with her, I think the blame for the $1.2B wasted lies with both parties equally...
Although one could argue that labour's share was a failing in hindsight whereas National does seem a bit spiteful in undoing all this when their plan seems to have a lot of similarities with labour?

Eye watering wasteful spending that both the last Labour and current National governments take a share of the blame for.

Labour, for advancing contentious legislation without properly communicating it to the public and therefore failing to bring people with them or make amendments before the damage was well and truly done.

National, for repealing for the sake of repealing without finding a way to capitalise on what had already been spent or redirect funds to build on what Labour had started.

And both parties are to blame for choosing politics over consensus, for lacking foresight, for failing to put the needs of their constituents first.

All political parties agree there needs to be greater cross-party consensus across major infrastructure works - to stop the endless, time consuming, money wasting cycle of announce, repeal, announce, repeal that comes with every change of government.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/3501767...s-blow-out