Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2009

Fri 15 Jan 2010: Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2009

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The National led Government has drafted a new proposed bill to replace the 1991 Resource Management Act (RMA). The new bill recommends simplifying and streamlining the RMA via major reforms. An RMA Technical Advisory Group (TAG) was appointed by National and Act to support the Government's programme of reform of the RMA. ( NB: Maori technical expertise are not represented in this group). The TAG, officials, and Ministers have recommended a significant amount of amendments.

The Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2009 has been introduced into Parliament and referred to the Local Government and Environment Select Committee for consideration. Public submissions are being received until 3 April 2009. The Committee is to report back to the House of Parliament on 19 June 2009.

Māori are concerned that the proposed changes to the bill will further alienate and marginalize the voice and participation of tāngata whenua within their rohe in particular within their local councils regarding RMA consent processes.

Te Whakaminenga –o-Kāpiti, (TWoK), the representative Māori body for the Kāpiti Coast District Council, (KCDC), which includes Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Raukawa have submitted their comments to the Parliamentary Select Committee of Local Government and Environment. To view their comments go to the “Ngā take i te Rohe / Local News” page.

To view the ‘Amendment Bill', download the following pdf:
“National-led Government
Reform of the Resource Management Act”,
“Resource Management
(Simplify and Streamline) Amendment Bill 2009” .
To view questions and answers regarding the ‘Amendment Bill', down load the following pdf:
“Question and Answers regarding
phase 1 of the RMA Amendments 2009”.
News item of interest: “Māori Lose Rights and Minister Silenced”, Metiria Turei – MP, Green Party:
http://www.greens.org.nz/node/20725
News item of interest: “No Justice at all in RMA Changes”, Russel Norman – MP, Green Party:
http://www.greens.org.nz/node/20572
For further information on the Amendment Bill visit the below link:
For information on making a submission to Parliament, visit the NZ Parliament website:
http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/HvYrSay/
Submission/a/9/8
/a984338c3a574fcbb2adafa93aadd14f.htm
To use a guide-line for making a submission to Parliament, down load the following pdf:
“Making a Submission to
a Parliamentary Select Committee”
For information about the origins of the RMA 1991, visit the “Ministry for the Environment” website:
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications
/rma/rma-guide-aug06/html/page2.html
To view the “The Resource Management Act 1991
– Consolidated Version including the
Resource Management Amendment Act 2005”,
download the following pdf
To view the original RMA 1991 down load the following pdf:
“Resource Management Act 1991”
For other information about the RMA, and RMA planning, visit the “Quality Planning” website:
http://www.qp.org.nz/
For specific information on legislation, the “Act” itself, and all other related “Act's” such as the “Local Government Act”, visit the following link from the “Quality Planning” website: http://www.qp.org.nz/legislation/index.php
To view and download pdf's on NZ legislation, Acts, Bills, and Regulations, visit the NZ Legislation website:
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/
For wider reading and information regarding the RMA and environment download the following pdf. The other chapters can be found on the Ministry for the Environment website.