Source: Department of Internal Affairs
If you currently receive your three waters services from your local council, from mid-2024 those services will be provided by a new water entity - currently known as ‘Entity C’. ‘Entity C’ organisation will be providing services for the entire area shown here.
From 1 July 2024. Until then, your council continues to provide your three waters services as they do now.
Yes. The new entity will bill you directly.
Under the new system, Government has projected that over the next 30 years the costs will look like this.
COSTS FOR THREE WATERS SERVCICES WITH AND WITHOUT REFORM (per household) | ||
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Council | Without reform (2051) | With reform (2051) |
Central Hawke's Bay District Council | $7260 | $1260 |
Hastings District Council | $4530 | $1260 |
Napier City Council | $2540 | $1260 |
Wairoa District Council | $8690 | $1260 |
Source: Department of Internal Affairs
However, there is currently no indication of what your three waters services will cost from 1 July 2024.
If you receive water and/or wastewater services from your council, then you should expect that your council rates will reduce when three waters services are no longer the responsibility of the Council.
Not necessarily, because:
The water services entity’s Regional Representative Group (RRG) will have responsibility for representing the views of local communities.
For the Water Services ‘Entity C’ RRG, there will be 6 to 7 council representatives representing 21 councils and 6 to 7 mana whenua representatives representing all iwi across the East Coast of the North Island, the top of the South Island and the Chatham Islands. This means it is possible that Hawke’s Bay’s councils and mana whenua may have no direct representation on Entity C’s RRG.
The water services entities will be required to directly consult with their customers, residents and businesses on their investment priorities, prices and charges through their council and through other consumer and community interest forums.
Once the new water services entity is operating, it will be responsible for service calls, in the same way that your local council currently is.
Your council will continue providing all of the other services it currently delivers. This includes things like roading, parks, housing, libraries, pools, alcohol licensing, dog control, building consents, resource consents, environment health, support for business, and so forth.
It is important to note that the Government has initiated a Review into the Future of Local Government which could see changes to the way local government operates in future.
Government is providing a funding package to support councils through the transition to the new arrangements and to cover the costs and financial impacts that councils will incur because of the reforms.
The support package is made up of two key components:
SUPPORT PACKAGE FUNDING | ||
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Council | Better-off component | No-worse-off component |
Central Hawke's Bay District Council | $11m | $1m |
Hastings District Council | $35m | $5m |
Napier City Council | $26m | $4m |
Wairoa District Council | $19m | $1m |
Source: Department of Internal Affairs
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