The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has made a submission to the Department of Conservation on its Modernising Conservation Land Management discussion document.

The Salmon Lectures: Law, Policy and the Environment (2002-2024)

RMLA will be appearing before the Environment Select Committee on Thursday 13 March at 11:40 to speak to our submission on the Resource Management (Consenting & Other System Changes) Amendment Bill.

On Wednesday, 26th February, a bunch of keen emerging professionals gathered bright and early for our yRMLA Experts 101: Planning Perspectives session. The goal? Learn a thing or two about different planning roles, meet like-minded people, and enjoy breakfast while we're at it.

The Government has made key decisions on a Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) framework to enable businesses to benefit from storing carbon underground, which will support New Zealand’s businesses to continue operating while reducing net carbon emissions.

The Public Works Act will undergo its most significant reform in nearly 50 years to help unleash an infrastructure boom.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has written to the Minister for Resources Shane Jones with questions on the Minerals Strategy for New Zealand and the Critical Minerals List for New Zealand.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment gave a speech at the Bluegreens Forum on Saturday 22 February outlining six conclusions that policy makers must confront when considering the environment.

The Chief Executives of four leading ENGOs (EDS, Greenpeace Aotearoa, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Forest & Bird) presented the Prime Minister with a Memorandum that called out some of his Ministers for misrepresenting the quality of stewardship land in public.

Central government agencies are expected to spend approximately $3.55 billion on the environment in the 2024/25 fiscal year, according to the latest estimate of environmental expenditure from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

The Ministry for the Environment has new Strategic Intentions to guide the next four years. The guide informs New Zealanders about the Ministry’s strategic objectives and five priorities over the next four years.   

The Government has released documents relating to resource management reform phase two - national direction.