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Gordon Campbell: RMA Changes Pose Challenge For Maori Party
Gordon Campbell writes: that the Maori Party and the National Party are strange bedfellows, and this week has offered a few more examples of the tricky footwork required to keep this relationship on track. Plainly, Prime Minister John Key could not go to Waitangi this week and tell Maori that he’d frozen the minimum wage and also scrapped the Treaty rights granted to Maori under section 8 of the Resource Management Act – even though last year, he’d campaigned around the country on a promise to do just that. More >>
Planning: RMA Plan All Good, Says Government
Prime Minister John Key
announced on Tuesday the first phase of the Government’s
reforms to simplify and streamline the Resource Management
Act. “The RMA has been a source of huge frustration and
National gave a commitment that it would introduce
legislation within our first 100 days in office. New Zealand
depends on the sustainable use of our natural resources for
our economic well being. That’s why the RMA is so
crucial." More
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ALSO:
- Audio: John Key And Nick Smith Launch RMA Reform
- NZ Govt - Reform tackles costs and uncertainties RMA
- NZ Govt - Background: Government Reform of the Resource Management Act
- NZ Govt - Q&A regarding Phase 1 of the RMA Amendments 2009
- NZ Govt - First round of RMA changes a good start - Hide
- NZ Govt - Dunne welcomes RMA changes
- Labour - Nats change law, but where’s the projects?
- Greens - Balance moves against environment and community
- Maori Party - Maori Party scrutinises Resource Management review
- Out-link: No Right Turn - Gutting the RMA & What about the penalty regime?
- PEPANZ - PEPANZ supports proposed RMA amendment
- Business NZ - RMA changes good for investment – Business NZ
- EDS - EDS comments on RMA reform announcement
- NZ Water and Wastes Association - RMA Reform Will Help Rural/Urban Divide
- Greenpeace New Zealand - RMA reforms major blow to brand
- Council for Infrastructure Development - Wider RMA Reform Agenda Needed
- Waitakere City - RMA Changes Welcomed
- IPENZ - RMA reforms speed up processes for infrastructure
- Wellington Chamber of Commerce - RMA Proposals a Boost for Business
- Federated Farmers - Proposed RMA changes ‘an okay first stab’
- NZ Wind Energy Association - RMA reforms welcomed by Wind Energy Association
- Forest And Bird - RMA changes swing against ordinary Kiwis
- Auckland City Council - Auckland City Council welcomes RMA reforms
- Northland Regional Council - Resource Management Act Changes Welcomed
- Iona Pannett - RMA changes: good news for bad developers
- Electricity Networks Association - ENA Supports RMA Reform Proposals
- Centre for Resource Management Studies - Further Responses to RMA Reforms
- TV3 Video - What is the rural sectors response to RMA changes?
- TV3 Video - Changes to Resource Management Act biggest in 18 years
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