E17 19 June 2026: National Environmental Standard for Papakāinga (NES-P) Introduced
Early this month the Minister of Housing, Chris Bishop, jointly with the Minister for Māori Development, Tama Potaka, confirmed that a new National Environmental
Early this month the Minister of Housing, Chris Bishop, jointly with the Minister for Māori Development, Tama Potaka, confirmed that a new National Environmental
Resource Management Reforms At the end of the 2025 Parliamentary year, the proposed replacement legislation for the Resource Management Act was introduced and advanced through
Last week, the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act was passed into law. Before being passed into law much of the debate
This week we shift our focus to resource management matters and the current Government’s proposals to amend items relating to the Resource Management Act (RMA).
In August 2023 the Labour Government passed into law the Natural and Built Environment (NBE) Act, and the Spatial Planning Act. These laws, which were
In late March the Ministry for the Environment released a Māori focused discussion document on the next phase of the Resource Management Act reforms.
Te Pāti Māori View of Resource Management Reforms This week co-leader of Te Pāti Māori, Ms Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, wrote an opinion letter in the New
Resource Management Reforms This week the Minister for the Environment, David Parker, introduced to Parliament two of three proposed new laws to replace the Resource
Research Snippets On Thursday, the Ministry for Women released the 2021 Gender Stocktake of State Sector Boards and Committees report. This annual report provides an
Karen Vercoe, Lisa Tumahai, Andrew Luke, and Maui Solomon have been appointed to the newly established Ministerial Advisory Board to Advise on Upholding Treaty
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