Government outlines three-phase plan to replace the RMA

Government outlines three-phase plan to replace the RMA
Chris Bishop is the minister responsible for reforming the country's resource management legislation. (Image: NZME)
John Anthony
The government aims to score some “quick wins” with its resource management reform programme before embarking on a final phase to permanently replace the Resource Management Act, says the minister responsible for RMA reform, Chris Bishop.RoadmapAt the New Zealand Planning Institute annual conference, Bishop outlined the roadmap for the resource management reform programme, a three-phase agenda agreed upon by the cabinet.“It has become too hard and too expensive to get things done in New Zealand,” Bishop said.“We ne...

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