New Zealand needs a legal arrangement that allows carbon capture and storage technologies to evolve without being a mere ...

While there have been decades of complaints – from all sides – about the workings of the Resource Management Act (RMA), replacing is proving difficult. The Coalition Government is making another ...

The government says its new replacement for the Resource Management Act will cut administrative and compliance costs by 45 percent. The government will look to progress its reforms, introducing ...

Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka said he was not aware the Government’s Resource Management Act replacement legislation would not include a Treaty principles clause, saying the first he had ...

There's potential for some bi-partisanship as the Government reveals key features of a replacement Resource Management Act system. Two replacement acts will include clearer environmental ...

Having announced their plan for reforming the Resource Management Act, ministers must now consider how Treaty of Waitangi rights will fit into the new legislation. Parliamentary Under-secretary for ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says compromises will need to be made in reforming the Resource Management Act. The Government's replacing the Act with a new planning framework, including rules around ...