The Government has laid out its expectations for City and Regional Deals as long-term partnerships that will increase economic growth, create jobs, and boost productivity for New Zealanders.

Forest and Bird’s CEO says “really concerning “ and “sneaky” reforms by the coalition Government are stripping back protections for nature so fast that “no New Zealander can keep up.”

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) welcomes the High Court’s finding in Box Property Investments Ltd v The Expert Consenting Panel that decisions must be made based on the law as it currently stands, not on potential future legislative changes.

The Commissioner has warned, in his submission on the Climate Change Response (ETS – Forestry Conversion) Amendment Bill, that the Government’s attempt to limit forestry conversions on rural land does not address the fundamental need to remove forestry from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and is unlikely to lead to meaningful change.

Main construction is about to begin on a new bus station at Westgate,Auckland following the awarding of a contract to Built Environs.

The Government will require Auckland to allow even greater housing and development around City Rail Link stations, ensuring that Auckland takes economic advantage of this transformational investment in the city.

The Government has taken a major step towards protecting food production by ending the large-scale conversion of productive farmland into pine plantations, with the first reading of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme—Forestry Conversion) Amendment Bill receiving unanimous support in Parliament.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has approved the registration of Christchurch-based Building Consent Approvals Limited (BCAL) as New Zealand’s first standalone building consent authority (BCA).

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has made a submission to the Department of Conservation on its draft implementation plan for New Zealand’s Biodiversity Strategy.

In this submission, we record that RMLA has significant concerns regarding the Bill’s content; and that RMLA acknowledges and supports the submission of Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa (Te Hunga Roia Māori), and supports its critical perspective on the Bill’s compliance with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

This release contains the advice on waste policy for the second emissions reduction plan.

This release contains proposal to call in GCSL application to build a waste to energy facility in Te Awamutu.