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Protracted legal stoush between landowners and lines company

Case remitted to the Environment Court to finalise easements sought by Top Energy.

What do Northland councils think about repeal of RMA?

The Government is replacing the RMA with three new Acts this parliamentary term.

1000 homes by the sea: Independent commissioners' decision pending on major project

All submitters have now been heard proposal to build 1000 homes and a business area.

Smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near beach

The smelter company will not reveal its plans for the hazardous waste.

Two years, two environmental disasters for Contact

A routine spraying operation to control pests goes wrong, killing 1.1ha of vegetation.

Liam Dann: 'Jaw-dropping' new data highlights housing challenge

Housing costs were rising before the pandemic property boom and new forecasts aren't good.

Liam Dann: RMA rewrite looks like a special kind of hell

Everyone cheered the RMA's demise but will new laws be at the mercy of political conflict?

Government scrapping RMA to tackle the housing crisis

David Parker says there is no silver bullet to addressing the housing crisis.

Michael Cullen: Resource Management Act gone by Christmas? Yeah, right

Certainty is always hard to find. Today - thanks to Trump and Covid-19 - it's impossible.

'Nation of renters': National unveils housing policy, would scrap RMA

The National Party has released its plan to fix the housing crisis.

Labour vows to dump RMA and make it easier for first-home buyers to get on ladder

Both major parties have promised to repeal and replace the RMA during the next term.

Meet the candidates: Dr Shane Reti

Shane Reti wants to see an unbiased report on Ports of Auckland move to Northport.

Meet the candidates: Matt King, National - Northland

Get rid of RMA to make housing cheaper in Northland, National's Northland candidate says.

Meet the candidates: Mark Cameron

Act Party Northland candidate Mark Cameron to get tough on gangs in fight against meth.

Watch: 'East side eyesores' - the derelict properties of eastern Christchurch

Residents complained of squatters, rubbish, vermin, and, in some cases, faeces.

'States of nakedness': Vineyard owner's suitability to hold liquor licence in question

Shock claims of drunk Waiheke wine-lovers pulling "brown eyes" in "states of nakedness".