Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): On behalf of the Government, alongside the Minister for Infrastructure, we've responded to the governance working group recommendations on three waters reform. I'd like to thank the members of the working group for their sensible and well-thought-out recommendations to improve the governance representation and local voice aspects of the changes we're proposing. We've accepted in full, partially, or in principle the majority of the recommendations, and, in doing so, we've listened and are modifying the exposure draft of the bill, and these improvements go a long way towards addressing the local government sector's most significant concerns. Fundamentally, these reforms are about delivering clean and safe drinking water at an affordable price for New Zealanders. With the key issues now addressed, we cannot afford to wait any longer. The costs to communities and ratepayers are just too big to ignore, and we need to get on with fixing the problem that is waters infrastructure.