Hon NANAIA MAHUTA: Even with the best of intentions, the scale of the three waters challenge is too big for any one council to come up with a solution that can respond to a high-standards regime with comprehensive compliance, monitoring, and enforcement. Taumata Arowai, the dedicated drinking-water regulator, will ensure comprehensive implementation of health and environmental standards. That's why this reform is not simply tinkering around the edges. It fundamentally addresses the long-term under-investment in waters infrastructure that will provide a more financially sustainable and resilient waters infrastructure network and will deliver vastly improved health and environmental benefits. Leveraging balance sheets at this level will give greater certainty to communities that their rates will be going to a higher-quality water network than what is currently the case. This approach, ultimately, is about the wellbeing of people, the community, and the environment, and the long-term economic growth of regions.