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Explainer - Ratepayers in the Wellington metropolitan area will have two bills from 1 July as new water entity Tiaki Wai replaces Wellington Water.
The new organisation would provide drinking water, wastewater, and piped stormwater services for approximately 432,000 people across the Wellington metropolitan area.
It was jointly owned by five councils - Wellington City, Porirua City, Hutt City, Upper Hutt City and Greater Wellington Regional Council.
The new entity was promising more investment in Wellington's chronically underfunded water infrastructure, but warned it would come at a cost - and that water meters were also on the way.
What is the difference between Tiaki Wai and Wellington Water?
Chair of Tiaki Wai Will Peet said it absorbed the current Wellington Water plus the remaining functions that sat with individual councils.
He said the new organisation was quite different to its predecessor.
Photo: Supplied / Tiaki Wai
"At the moment, the councils own all the assets and Wellington Water runs them on their behalf."
He said the councils would transfer all their assets across to Tiaki Wai and it would be the water provider for everybody in the Wel
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