Timeline
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 30 August 2023 | Royal Assent of Water Services Legislation Bill |
| 30 August 2023 | Royal Assent of Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill |
| 22 August 2023 | Royal Assent of Water Services Entities Amendment Bill |
| 27 July 2023 | Government releases Select Committee reports on Water Services Entities Amendment Bill |
| 5 July 2023 | Council submissions on the Water Services Entities Amendment Bill due |
| 22 June 2023 | Government Submission period opens for Water Services Entities Amendment Bill |
| 16 June 2023 | Water Services Entities Amendment Bill introduced |
| 8 June 2023 | Government releases Select Committee reports on Water Services Legislation Bill |
| 7 June 2023 | Government Releases Select Committee reports on
Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill |
| 13 April 2023 | Central Government announces reset on Three Waters Reform. Three Waters Reform is now call Water Services Reform. |
| 17 February 2023 | Council submissions on Water Services Legislation Bill and the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill due |
| 12 February 2023 | Public submissions on Water Services Legislation Bill and the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill due |
| 14 December 2022 | Water Services Entities Bill is enacted and becomes law |
| 8 December 2022 | Water Services Legislation Bill and the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill introduced at Parliament |
| 22 July 2022 | Submissions on the Water Services Entity Bill closed See the submission from Taupō District Council Read all submissions on the government portal |
| 29 April 2022 | Government accepts 44 of the 47 recommendations to change reform programme See the cabinet paper responding to recommendations |
| 9 March 2022 | Working Group reports back to the Minister of Local Government with recommendations See the report |
| Late Oct/Nov 2021 | Working Group of council and iwi representatives established |
| 27 October 2021 | Government announced compulsory council participation in reforms |
| September 2021 | Taupō District Council reform feedback sent to Government See our feedback |
* Further three waters reform legislation is expected to provide:
- detailed implementation arrangements for the entities and services delivery, including provisions relating to the transfer of assets, liabilities, and other matters from local authorities to new water services entities
- specific powers, functions, and responsibilities of the new water services entities, and pricing and charging arrangements
- economic regulation and consumer protection regimes relating to the new water services system
- changes to Treaty settlement legislation that are required to ensure that settlement obligations are carried forward from territorial authorities to the new water services entities
- detailed changes to the Local Government Act 2002, the Water Services Act 2021, and other legislation to transfer service delivery arrangements to the new water services entities.
