Councils and their communities will have until 2020 to implement the water quality standards. In catchments with polluted rivers or lakes, we will establish collaborative governance programmes to allow the stakeholders in the area to work out how to curb pollution and meet the national standards for water quality. This process of collaboration would be inclusive, transparent and with greater recognition of and resourcing for the involvement of tangata whenua and community organisations.
sceptical of internationalism, for example negative towards international cooperation, in favour of national sovereignty and unilaterialism