van Hout, Samuel2024-05-142024-05-142023https://hdl.handle.net/10182/17203The Three Waters Act, which dealt with the reforming of wastewater, stormwater, and drinking water systems in New Zealand, is more commonly known simply as “Three Waters”. It has gained a variety of positive and negative feedback from the public in response, causing it to be an issue of contention. This research seeks to understand this public response through the application of an environmental psychology framework to identify which values underpin people’s perception of the issue. By identifying the impacts of such processes, it looks to establish a better understanding of how to manage contrasting interests for planning issues.enTaumata Arowai–the Water Services Regulator Act 2020Three Waters reformvalue-belief-norm theoryaltruistic valuesegoistic valuesbiospheric valuesthematic analysisDissertationANZSRC::410404 Environmental managementANZSRC::330405 Public participation and community engagementhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Attribution 4.0 International