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 ...

Character Coalition chair Sally Hughes is convinced that Resource Management Act Reform Minister Chris Bishop wants to abolish “Special Character Areas” (SCA) of villas and bungalows for high ...

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 ...

The Resource Management Act 1991, and the New Zealand legal system as it relates to environmental law and the planning process. The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For ...