Separate but related
PARTNER, HEANEY & PARTNERS. sarah.macky@heaneypartners.com Councils must manage relationship between two key laws. Having represented councils for many years defending liability claims against them, I...
Tag : Resource Management Act 1991
Bay of Plenty Regional Council – First Mana Whakahono a Rohe
In June 2017, Bay of Plenty Regional Council was the first local authority in the country to receive an iwi authority Mana Whakahono a Rohe...
Times of change
The Resource Legislation Amendment Act and national policy statement amendments in 2017 have set in motion changes that will have far-reaching impacts into 2018 and...
Marine mammals, abandoned vehicles and other detritus on beaches
By Linda O’Reilly, partner, Brookfields Lawyers Brookfields was recently asked a question by a territorial authority that was unsure over its responsibility for activities on...
Not green enough: Local government, the Resource Management Act & the environment
Geoffrey Palmer says the performance of local government in relation to the environment seems to be seriously deficient. The Resource Management Act 1991 conferred on...
New thinking on freshwater management
Will collaborative processes help find the best ways to manage our country’s freshwater? Ruth Le Pla tests the waters. A new government report on freshwater management...
Loopy Rules report: Just once over lightly?
Brookfields Lawyers partner Linda O’Reilly takes a look at New Zealand’s loopy rules. It is hard to tell if the Rules Reduction Taskforce is a...