Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 5:17 pm
The Government has signalled its intention to scrap the
30-year-old Resource Management Act (RMA) and replace it
with three new pieces of legislation.
Comprising more
than 800 pages, the RMA is one of the most complex pieces of
law in New Zealand. The three new acts to replace it would
be the Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA), the
Strategic Planning Act, and the Climate Change Adaptation
Act. The announcement follows an independent
review of the RMA last year.
The SMC asked experts
to comment on this
announcement.
Professor Troy
Baisden, Environmental Research Institute, University of
Waikato, comments:
Put simply, says Taylor, the RMA is at the heart of national strategy. Its job is to set the balance between our economic ambitions and environmental limits. That means whatever replaces it will affect everything. Guy Salmon, of Nelson’s “blue-green” think tank, Ecologic – a member of the RMA’s original independent panel 30 years ago – says it could be New Zealand’s true coming of age moment.
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The Resource Management Act: After many patches and revisions, finally time to just replace it. The country might get around the table and figure out how to actually live within sustainable limits. Or, of course, it could all dissolve into the most unholy political bunfight.
Press Release – New Zealand Government
The Government is delivering on its promise to reform the Resource Management system based on the comprehensive review carried out last year.
Hon David Parker
Minister for the Environment
The Government is delivering on its promise to reform the Resource Management system based on the comprehensive review carried out last year.
The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) will be repealed and replaced with new laws this parliamentary term, Environment Minister David Parker confirmed today.
The three new Acts will be the:
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Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA) to provide for land use and environmental regulation (this would be the primary replacement for the RMA)
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 2:02 pm
Greater Wellington councilors will consider a proposal
for a Metlink service from Wellington Station to Wellington
Airport when its Transport Committee meets this Thursday, 11
February.
Until now, the Airport Flyer, a commercial
contract arrangement between Wellington International
Airport and NZ Bus, has prevented Metlink from putting its
own services forward.
With NZ Bus ending its Airport
Flyer service in November 2020 the region’s public
transport users have been left with no direct access to the
airport, something that Scott Gallacher, General Manager for
Metlink hopes to change with his proposal.
“We’ve
put a really strong case forward for a Metlink provided
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council Greater Wellington councilors will consider a proposal for a Metlink service from Wellington Station to Wellington Airport when its Transport Committee meets this Thursday, 11 February. Until now, the Airport Flyer, a commercial contract arrangement …
Greater Wellington councilors will consider a proposal for a Metlink service from Wellington Station to Wellington Airport when its Transport Committee meets this Thursday, 11 February.
Until now, the Airport Flyer, a commercial contract arrangement between Wellington International Airport and NZ Bus, has prevented Metlink from putting its own services forward.
With NZ Bus ending its Airport Flyer service in November 2020 the region’s public transport users have been left with no direct access to the airport, something that Scott Gallacher, General Manager for Metlink hopes to change with his proposal.