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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. supplied 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 withi...

Greg Fahey is the last man standing in Matatā residents’ fight against managed retreat. It might not look like much, but it's his and he's damned if he's going to let local councils tell him he can't live there. While one local previously promised war if authorities tried to kick him out, the only war here has been one of attrition. One by one, the owners in the potential path of any debris funnelling down Awatarariki Stream have signed up to Whakatāne District Council’s buyout offer. While the council still calls it voluntary managed retreat, residents say it’s been anything but.