Fast-track ‘stakeholders’ list released

Fast-track ‘stakeholders’ list released
RMA reform minister Chris Bishop. (Image: National party)
Victoria Young
Infrastructure minister Chris Bishop has released a list of groups he’s deemed “stakeholders” in the Resource Management Act fast-track process.Major corporates, including Carter Group, Fonterra, Winton, OceanaGold, Bathurst Resources, Sanford, Talley's and Summerset Group, are all on the list.It also includes a list of iwi and other Māori groups that may be interested in the process.“In early April, I wrote to iwi, other Māori groups and entities, and a list of organisations, including those who had proactively put...

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