The minister for Local government should be called to resign in regard to the Moa point waste water treatment plant, failure and its associated costs, and all plans to hand over control of Upper Hutt’s and other Wellington regions councils water assets and delivery  to Tiaki Wai should be suspended until the plant is in the operational order it was assessed as being when council’s  agreed  to form Tiaki Wai Metro water organisation sanctioned  by the Department of Internal Affairs  DIA. Tiaki Wai water corporation is to take over the management of the Moa point plant, and it’s associated costs, currently unknown, as is the extend of the problem. The chair of Tiaki Wai has signalled that the cost of water delivery to residents of local councils will foot the bill for the state of the network and their water charges will rise. While the need to maintain and replace failing pipes was known when the contracts were entered into the catastrophic failure of Moa Poa wastewater treatment plant as describe by Wellington’s city mayor Andrew Little, was not known, by Wellington City council or accounted for in the contract. In essence Wellington City has withheld information vital to the formation of Tiaki Wai corporation. Watt’s the local government minister required Wellington councils to deliver a water plan for their three waters and required they be approved and signed off by the DIA . Wellington’s water plan has failed before it is in operation as has had the oversight of the DIA and the minister of local government. 

Teresa Homan

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A “thank you” to Teresa Homan for sending this letter to The Upper Hutt Connection.

20/02/26