Govt opts for sweeping review of 'underperforming' RMA

Govt opts for sweeping review of 'underperforming' RMA
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By Pattrick Smellie July 24 (BusinessDesk) - A sweeping review of the Resource Management Act opens the way to splitting the law relating to environmental protection and urban development back into two separate pieces of legislation as Environment Minister David Parker concedes the 28-year-old law needs a total overhaul. “It is unacceptable for this cornerstone law to be underperforming in a country that values protection of the environment while properly housing its people,” said Parker, who released Cabinet papers showing that "the revi...

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