Submission on the Issues Paper, Using Land for Housing

1. A not for profit incorporated society, Water New Zealand promotes and enables the sustainable management and development of the water environment. With 1500 corporate and individual members Water New Zealand’s membership is large and diverse, including Territorial Local Authorities, Council Controlled Organisations, water and wastes services providers, the major consultancies involved in providing engineering, planning and research services to the industry, Crown and other research institutes involved in the water and wastes environment, academia, members of the legal fraternity and training providers.

2. We welcome the Commission’s intent to investigate local planning systems and the funding of infrastructure, particularly in relation to water services. We have previously offered comment on these matters in relation to reform moves in terms of both local government and resource management legislation.