Fraught transition ahead as RMA repeal confirmed

Fraught transition ahead as RMA repeal confirmed
David Parker and Tony Randerson release the RMA reform report last July
Pattrick Smellie
The massive, multi-year process of reforming the Resource Management Act risks “poor outcomes in the interim if councils do not continue to implement national direction requirements and other requirements under the RMA,” the government is warning.Environment Minister David Parker this morning released, as expected, that the 30-year-old RMA will be repealed and replaced over the course of the next three years, starting with a new Natural and Built Environments Act.The NBA, as it is being called, will be introduced to Parliament late...

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