The Government is giving councils a three-month window to put forward proposals to simplify and strengthen local government in their regions.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has made a submission on the Fisheries Amendment Bill.

MfE has released further Recommendations and Decisions Reports for several national direction instruments, including marine aquaculture, commercial forestry, stock exclusion, papakāinga, electricity transmission activities and telecommunication facilities.

The granny flat building consent exemption is expanding to support faster construction, more choice for homeowners, and a wider range of off-site building methods.

The Government has released a new implementation plan that aims to sharpen New Zealand’s focus on restoring biodiversity and supporting nature to recover.

The Climate Change Commission’s routine annual advice on NZ ETS auction settings, recommends keeping auction volumes and price controls the same for now to limit the risk of further price instability and support confidence in the NZ ETS.

The Environmental Protection Authority has effectively signalled that the fast-track regime isn’t stacking up financially for the Crown entity.

In this podcast, Alain Bertaud speaks about urban planning, zoning, congestion charging and the heart of the city.

EDS and Forest & Bird have jointly filed judicial review proceedings in the High Court seeking to overturn 99 of the Minister of Conservation’s decisions on the review of stewardship land on the West Coast of the South Island.

Our Freshwater 2026 shows how central groundwater is to daily life, supplying drinking water to nearly half of New Zealanders and around 80 percent of everyday flow in many rivers.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has provided a comment to the Fast-track Approvals Panel on Meridian Energy’s proposal for the Lake Pūkaki Hydro Storage and Dam Resilience Works.

The Government has introduced a further two amended national direction instruments to add to three new and seven amended instruments approved in December 2025: