An environment veteran reflects on three decades
Environmental assurance group manager Dennis Bush-King retired this month (June 2022) after a 33-year career with the Tasman District Council. He arrived in the Nelson-Tasman...
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Major legal rethink needed
LINDA O’REILLY – PARTNER, BROOKFIELDS LAWYERS What would it take to introduce localism in this country? Maybe the time has come for the idea of...
Reform of the resource management system
Greg Severinsen and Raewyn Peart have just published a report on our country’s resource management system. Here they outline their message to local government. As...
Between a rock and a hard place
Constructive alternatives As the need for more infrastructure projects around the country gains momentum, Wayne Scott from the Aggregate and Quarry Association calls for a...
New foundation – Cementing in a place for Maori law in resource management
Should the Resource Management Act be reformed to provide a stronger direction in recognising the importance of Maori law in resource consent decision-making? University of...
Mana Whakahono a Rohe : Iwi participation arrangements What do they mean for councils?
Allowing iwi authorities to participate in resource management and decision-making processes is not the same as handing decision-making over to unelected parties, says Brookfields Lawyers...
Local government, planning & funding reform
Need now critical: a Royal Commission into local government activities, resourcing and structures. Stephen Selwood, Chief Executive, Infrastructure New Zealand In this column last year,...
ECan puts locals in the driver's seat
Environment Canterbury (ECan) is taking an innovative community-led approach to environmentally-sustainable water management. Allowing the community to drive change has turned the traditional planning-led model...
BusinessNZ: 2016 wishlist from local government
Phil O’Reilly, outgoing chief executive of BusinessNZ says a sharper focus on rating differentials, council enterprises and land supply could help improve relationships between councils and...
ENVIRONMENT | THINK AGAIN
Why the Resource Management Act is neither business nor environmentally friendly....