𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝔾𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 - 𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤𝕠𝕟

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕪𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝔾𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤.

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ome areas devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle may not be rebuilt, with the Cyclone Recovery Minister saying a decision will have to be made in the next month.

Grant Robertson made the comments during a visit to Gisborne yesterday where he announced a $50 million package of immediate emergency support for businesses, $25 million of which will go towards restoring farms and orchards

Robertson spoke to Kim Hill.

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ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤

Many of the nation's mayors were interested listeners at the weekend when the National Party announced what it would replace Three Waters with.

National Party says its Three Waters plan won't lead to rates rises https://t.co/8K3kWcvrk6
Never Trust a Lying Tory
Remember John Key promised to not raise taxes then raised 22 including GST to 15%. Broke promise not to sell more state assets sold state houses & shares in SOEs

— Elephant in the room (@LetsGetPfizered) February 26, 2023

In addition to confirming it National said it would leave water infrastructure under council control.

But its policy announcement has left some mayors asking how they are going to pay to fix their broken and failing pipes.

Morning Report spoke to National's local government spokesperson Simon Watts and asked him how this plan would help a small rural council that does not have the rating base or borrowing ability.

ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪'𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤

The National Party is promising to dump Three Waters and leave water infrastructure under council control.

National's Three Waters plan fails to impress mayor https://t.co/5A4Q9LasM0
And he is an anti 3 Waters Mayor

— Elephant in the room (@LetsGetPfizered) February 26, 2023

But it's policy announcement has left some mayors asking how they are going to pay to fix their broken and failing pipes.

Here's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.

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𝔹𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕒𝕘𝕖

The Government is expected to reveal more details about its new support package for small and medium sized businesses devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle later today.

The $25 million grant is to cover the clean-up and to meet immediate costs.

Reporter Andrew McRae has been getting business reaction to the financial support being offered.

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