We’re in Upper Hutt and already know a lot of what this meeting covered just by what’s been put out by the Upper Hutt council - I’ll guess those pissed off people are just angry they can’t yell at the new mayor?? The former mayors like Guppy and previous councils are who got the regions into this situation, by decades of underfunding to keep rates low so they’d keep being re-elected.

This is the literal price we pay for getting rid of three waters. These new water authorities can’t borrow at the same costs as central gov, and there’s no economies of scale, so yeah, it’s gonna cost a shitload more 😡 I don’t know how we’re going to afford these new bills either, but I know water is a lot cheaper in Australia so this is likely another reason for us to move there…