New Zealand's infrastructure challenges are substantial, and the very human cost of those challenges was laid bare for us in the tragedies that began this work. Every person in this country deserves tap water that comes out clean and drinkable, but that is not the reality for some of our communities. That has to change. With this legislation, we step out of the problem into the ideological realm of one size fits all and "Government knows best". Then comes the flip, and we're suddenly told that if we don't support this reform, we must support the status quo or—worse—that we don't care. I reject that statement, as do millions of Kiwis around this country. National opposes this bill for a number of key reasons. Any reforms need to work with local communities, not against them.