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Duncan Disorderly
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Entrenched but asleep – who is running the show?

OPINION: Three Waters legislation continues to lap at Labour’s election chances.

NBR columnist Duncan Garner speaks with Nicholas Pointon.

Duncan Garner Tue, 06 Dec 2022

It was a shockingly undemocratic, unconstitutional and arrogant, out of touch thing to do. 

At issue: the Government entrenching the Three Waters legislation – which meant that, to overturn it and privatise New Zealand's water supplies, would require a future 60% vote in Parliament.

It meant

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