{"id":8361,"date":"2021-03-01T04:10:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T04:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adventark.co.nz\/?p=8361"},"modified":"2025-08-26T02:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:25:30","slug":"plans-to-amend-the-resource-management-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventark.co.nz\/zh\/plans-to-amend-the-resource-management-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans to Amend the Resource Management Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Plans to Amend<\/span><\/h1>\n

the Resource <\/span><\/h1>\n

Management Act<\/span><\/h1>\n

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– Insights<\/p>\n

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One of Labour Party\u2019s pre-election policy promises was that it would abolish and reform the current Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).<\/p>\n

The RMA was enacted with the purpose of promoting \u201cthe sustainable management of natural and physical resources\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Criticisms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Since its enactment in 1991, RMA has been subject to various criticisms. A 2017 Journal article called \u201cAddressing the Shortcomings of the RMA and RMA Processes – Where to from here?\u201d\u00a0 analysed various reports and found four common criticism:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • The scope of application of the RMA is too broad and presents too many regulatory hoops to jump through thereby impeding economic activity. It has been seen that the regulation creates unnecessary and redundant processes for certain projects.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is seen as a highly complex regulatory framework which contributes to high costs of meeting compliance. This can be simplified.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • There is also uncertainty in the decision-making process. What may be approved for one project may not be approved for something similar. The lack of effective central government direction in the decision-making process also results in inconsistent decisions.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Environmental protection measures fall short of the intended purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Planned Amendments<\/strong><\/p>\n

    According to the Labour Party\u2019s website, they intend to introduce amendments to the RMA to reduce the complexity, increase certainty, and promote protection of the environment. The intended changes include:<\/p>\n

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    • Overhaul of the legislative framework to increase certainty, reduce complexity and increase environmental protection measures.<\/li>\n
    • Implementing a National Policy Statement on Urban Development to allow cities to grow.<\/li>\n
    • Increased environmental protection measures by implementing new National Policy Statement on freshwater management to achieve effective protection for rivers and lakes and allow councils to consider climate change emissions in their decisions in their consent making decisions as well as new National Environmental Standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The Labour Party also plans to revise the National Environmental Standards on Plantation Forestry within their first 6 months in power. Given that Labour has a majority in Parliament, it will be interesting to see what the overhaul bill looks like. We will be watching this space.<\/p>\n

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