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Local Water Done Well to cost $9 billion more than previously estimated

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Fri, 12 Dec 2025, 6:28am
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Minister for Auckland Simeon Brown and Auckland City Mayor Wayne Brown at the announcement of Local Water Done Well in Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Minister for Auckland Simeon Brown and Auckland City Mayor Wayne Brown at the announcement of Local Water Done Well in Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton

Local Water Done Well to cost $9 billion more than previously estimated

Author
¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 12 Dec 2025, 6:28am

Costs to fix our water infrastructure are increasing as we get a better picture of its current state. 

Every council has now submitted their plan under the Government's Local Water Done Well programme.

As ¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB first revealed last week, the final bill is expected to be almost $48 billion - about $9 billion more than first thought.

Water New Zealand Chief Executive Gillian Blythe told Andrew Dickens with all the plans submitted, we've now got a better picture of water infrastructure than we ever have before.

She says it's like when you look at your own house and realise you've got to spend some money fixing a roof or painting a window.

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