www.nzempowered.com/QNA

After talking to people in our community, it appears many are unaware of the impending changes to their water, waste and stormwater supply, or have questions..  From 1^st July 2026 Tiaki Wai (Metro Water) will be Wellingtons new water entity.  This new entity will be taking over from Wellington Water and assuming all assets and debt from the 5 participating councils.

Councils and organisations seem more interested in their systems and process than actually providing relevant information and impacts to the community. At the UHCC meeting on the 24^th Feb it was stated “we all need to be communicating with people at the right time on the thing that matters.” And that “It will hit ratepayers in the pocket.” So much so they have set in motion a Ratepayers Assistance Scheme which seems to be a reverse mortgage facility.

Until Councils and Tiaki Wai provide more information on impending costs the only information that is available comes from reports and information from councils, Tiaki Wai and third parties.  Here is a webpage which tries to answer some of the questions which we feel people would like answers too and have tried best we can to answer.

24^th Feb Workshop Summary  – https://c29daf59-758a-4029-be4e-3a751893ecad.usrfiles.com/ugd/c29daf_034e14c1676b440286394c66d19205c0.pdf

Water Q&A – https://c29daf59-758a-4029-be4e-3a751893ecad.usrfiles.com/ugd/c29daf_132e11ddb1d64015b30b316f2fbf8d43.pdf

A “thank you” to NZ Empowered for sending this letter to The Upper Hutt Connection.

03/03/26