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What advice (if any), listed by title and date, was provided by Treasury about the impacts of preventing water service providers from considering a property’s rateable value when setting water charges, as per s86(6)(b) of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025?

Answered Question 7596 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  • What advice (if any), listed by title and date, was provided by Treasury about the impacts of preventing water service providers from considering a property’s rateable value when setting water charges, as per s86(6)(b) of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025?

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Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

The Treasury publishes a monthly list of titles and dates of advice to Ministers, by the middle of the month after the advice is provided. I refer the member to that list, which can be found here: https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/budgets/titles-advice-ministers.