Water New Zealand Policies, Comment, Submissions, Reports and Media Releases

Policies

Water New Zealand Policies are considered by the Board, and then made open for membership comment before ratification. If an existing policy is substantively modified, it will undergo this consultation process again.

There are currently no draft policies open for membership comment.

The following policies have been ratified by the Board:

• Policy: Use of Water New Zealand Logo
• Policy: Policy on Policy Statements
• Policy: Funding of Special Interest Groups
• Policy: Ownership of Urban Water Infrastructure
• Policy: Water as a Strategic Asset
• Policy: Water Harvesting and Storage
• Policy: Reserves and Treasury Policies
• Policy: External Audit Independence
• Policy: Water Metering and Volumetric Charging on Domestic Dwellings
• Policy: Integrated Water Management
• Policy: Flood Risk Management

Comment

November 2011: Diffuse Pollution - Not Just a New Zealand Problem - Commentary by Chief Executive Murray Gibb

November 2011: Another Successful Annual Conference & Expo - Column from President Clive Rundle

Submissions

Water New Zealand makes submissions on behalf of members to Parliament on issues that relate to the fundamentals in the Association's Vision Statement: Promoting and enabling the sustainable management and development of the water environment.

• Submission to the Maori Affairs Committee on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill - March 2011
• Submission on the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill - June 2010
• Supplementary Submission on the Local Government ( Auckland Law reform) Bill - February 2010
• Submission on the Local Government ( Auckland Law reform) Bill – February 2010
• Submission on Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill - July 2009.
• Submission on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill - July 2009.
• Submission on Waikato - Tainui Raupata Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Bill - January 2009.
• Submission to the Board of Inquiry on the proposed National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management - January 2009.

Reports

Water New Zealand National Performance Review of Water Utilities - Summary Reports