The committee voted to reject a report on the issue at its meeting on Tuesday. Grey mayor Tania Gibson said the report included a map of proposed SNAs, which covered the vast majority of the private land in the region. Only scattered pockets in each district were deemed to have no SNA present, she said. She wrote a letter to all rural and provincial mayors asking for their support in the battle against SNAs, which she said was “theft by regulation”. ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Associate Environment minister James Shaw says the policy will allow some existing and new use on significant natural areas.