Navigating the new fast-track

Greenpeace put up an effluent tap near the Beehive in anticipation of the fast-track bill being introduced. (Image: Marty Melville/Greenpeace)

Dileepa Fonseka

Fri, 08 Mar 2024

It is full steam ahead for the National-led government’s Fast-track Approvals Bill, but the road might not be as smoothly laid out as it seems. Prime minister Christopher Luxon announced the bill at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Thursday morning, flanked by regional development minister Shane Jones, Resource Management Act (RMA) reform minister Chris Bishop and transport minister Simeon Brown.“We want more roads, we want more wind farms, we want more homes, more solar, more geothermal, more mines, more commerce, and m...

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