KIERAN McANULTY (Labour—Wairarapa): Thank you, Mr Speaker. There's a major issue facing every single district council in the country, and that is the huge level of expense required over the next few decades, 30 years, on how to upgrade and maintain our three waters services. The fact remains that many councils, in particular small rural councils, can't afford to do this work—they can't. I have in my electorate five district councils. I've met with all of them, I've heard their concerns, and I've relayed those concerns to the Minister. Many of those concerns have been implemented in the changes that have come out of the working group's recommendations, and the bill is significantly improved as a result of that. 