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.

Charlotte Muggeridge and Thomas Gibbons were RMLA’s 2025 Publications Award recipients for publishing New Zealand’s first dedicated textbook on subdivision law — a comprehensive analysis combined with a clear, practical and illustrated text, built to guide future reform. We asked Charlotte and Thomas to tell us more about their successful nomination.

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:

The potential for tomorrow depends on what we do today. Read more about this year’s conference being held in the Bay of Islands, 10-11 September.

Rule changes that free up high country farmers to make the most of their land will unlock economic opportunities, support job creation and strengthen regional economies.

This package contains documents relating to the Cabinet decision to extend the expiry date of resource consents to align with the reform of the Resource Management Act 1991.