‘RMA gymnastics': Auckland Council given until October for new CRL-focused plan change

‘RMA gymnastics': Auckland Council given until October for new CRL-focused plan change
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop with Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown and James Kirkpatrick Jr in the Karangahape Rd hole. (Image: Supplied)
Oliver Lewis
Auckland Council has until October to notify a new plan change enabling increased housing densities around the City Rail Link and other transport corridors.In a statement on Wednesday, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop said the approach agreed between the Auckland Council (AC) and the Government would result in the most significant changes to Auckland since the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP).Bishop, who also holds the transport and housing portfolios, framed the changes as a way to maximise benefits from the $5.5 billion investment in the City Rail...

More Policy

Fast-track legal fight over Tauranga wharf extension
Policy

Fast-track legal fight over Tauranga wharf extension

Bay of Plenty hapū seek High Court intervention to stop expert panel being set up.

Oliver Lewis 23 Jul 2025
Contractor costs climb as Scott Base spend tops $143m
Policy

Contractor costs climb as Scott Base spend tops $143m

Antarctica NZ spent $9.3m on contractors in five months this year.

Oliver Lewis 21 Jul 2025
Simmonds bins official advice on waste policy
Policy

Simmonds bins official advice on waste policy

Officials pushed for planned targets, bans and mandates. Simmonds overruled them.

Cécile Meier 18 Jul 2025
Banks class action: the lawyers blinked first
Policy Opinion

Pattrick Smellie: Banks class action: the lawyers blinked first

Class action funders show their hand with pre-emptive settlement offer.

Pattrick Smellie 17 Jul 2025