Government Response to Havelock North Drinking-Water Inquiry

Office of the Minister of Health
Office of the Minister of Local Government

Chair
Cabinet Economic Development Committee

Government Response to Havelock North Drinking-Water Inquiry

Proposal

1. This paper provides an update on the Government actions responding to the Government Inquiry into the Havelock North Drinking-Water Outbreak (the Inquiry) and seeks policy approval for initial amendments to the drinking-water provisions of the Health Act 1956.

2. This paper is intended to be read alongside the Cabinet paper Review of three waters infrastructure: key findings and next steps which has a similar, but broader scope in the context of drinking-water, wastewater, and stormwater (the three waters).

View the paper here.