RMLA was saddened to learn of the death of Jim Hopkins on 27 July 2026. Within RMLA, Jim was a long-standing and valued member who made a distinctive contribution to the Association and to the Resource Management Journal. Over many years, his writing brought something unusual and important to its pages: an ability to look at the complexities, conventions and occasional absurdities of resource management through a sharply observed and warmly humorous lens.

Published annually by the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, NZJEL is New Zealand’s leading academic journal dedicated to environmental and resource management law, featuring in-depth legal scholarship, commentary, and analysis from leading academics, judges, practitioners, and policy experts.

The Government has approved the following new national environmental standards as part of the Resource Management Act 1991 National Direction Programme.