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The coalition Government has today introduced legislation to slash the tangle of red and green tape throttling some of New Zealand’s key sectors, including farming, mining and other primary industries.

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Katharine Moody argues the Fast Track Approvals Bill is a governance arrangement as bad as the partisan means through which US Supreme Court judges are selected

Submission: Fast Track Approvals Bill

The James Shaw farewell tour kicked into high gear this week, as Parliament debated — and rejected — his New Zealand Bill of Rights (Right to...

The government is proposing changes to fast-track resource consents in a new bill set to go before Parliament.

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The Government is progressing changes to resource management laws as part of its 100 Day Action Plan, with the first steps taken to establish a new fast-track consenting one-stop shop regime.

Auckland Council urges residents to 'be prepared' for the next big flood, but has hundreds homes to be built in places it expects to be hit hard.

By Kate Newton of RNZ More than 1400 new house consents have been granted in flood plains in Auckland since devastating flooding damaged thousands of homes a...