Environment Minister David Parker committed to undo the "objectionable changes" to the legislation introduced under the previous Government photo / Mark Mitchell
A consortium of some of New Zealand's largest lobby groups are calling on the Government to stop "tinkering around the edges" of RMA reform and overhaul the entire legislation.
This follows Environment Minister David Parker committing to undo the "objectionable changes" to the legislation introduced under the previous Government.
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Resource Reform Group, which is made up of the EMA, Infrastructure New Zealand, Property Council New Zealand, the Environmental Defence Society and BusinessNZ, was set up solely with the intention of lobbying the Government over changes to the RMA.
Although the group welcomed the "indication" that Parker was initiating a wide-ranging review, they want to see a "complete overhaul" of the RMA legislation.
"This latest round of amendments ... just reinforces the need to stop tinkering around the edges of the Act and put the whole system under the microscope to start delivering the environmental protections and accommodate the growth and economic development that New Zealand needs," EMA Chief Executive Kim Campbell said.
