The four regional water entities that the Government has proposed would strip power from our communities. These are assets that ratepayers have paid to own over decades. These would be surrendered from council control and bundled into new entities, with virtually no accountability—four entities where people don't even realise or have any affinity to the geographical boundaries that are being suggested. And then what would councils have left to do when their water assets are taken out of their power? Tangi Utikere might understand this as a former councillor before he came to Parliament. If the water is taken away, what else would councils have left to do? Oh, I know, that's part of the plan to grab something else and centralise further. We can see it coming. So what is a better, more accessible system: water assets controlled by your council whose meetings one can turn up to, or by a mega entity spanning hundreds of kilometres and multiple layers of decision makers? I know what the National Party prefer, and we prefer those people in local areas to have local control. This Government grabs everything it can, and what they can't grab, they tie up in red tape.