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Grasslands
New Zealand’s indigenous grasslands have been, and remain, a significant component of this country’s indigenous plant cover and ecology, at around 13%. Over the last 10,000 years, during the Holocene period, grasslands formed a mosaic across many parts of the…
Urban Development Act 2020
The Urban Development Act 2020 aims to consolidate various powers related to Resource Management Act consenting, plan changes, infrastructure planning, funding, and delivery, as well as other powers (including land acquisition and road stopping), into a single statutory framework. The…
Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act
The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000 (“HGMPA”) provides special recognition for the Hauraki Gulf and this has implications for the resource management framework. In the preamble it states the: "Hauraki Gulf has a quality and diversity of biology and…
What is an ‘outstanding natural feature or landscape’?
A feature or landscape must be both outstanding and natural to fall within section 6(b).
Naturalness
‘Natural’ means ‘a product of nature’. It may therefore include pasture and exotic tree species but not human-made structures. A landscape with structures may…
Hearing held
The applicant and any submitter who stated they wished to be heard at the hearing may speak (either personally or through a representative) and call evidence. The applicant and submitters who stated they wish to be heard must be given…
Freshwater Communities
There is a wide variety of biota that makes up freshwater ecosystems and that are dependent on freshwater bodies for their survival. This includes fish, birds, and invertebrates which depend in turn on plants and communities of microscopic organisms such…
Local Government (Auckland Council) Act
Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009
The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 (LGACA) establishes the Auckland Council (Council) as a unitary authority for Auckland. It contains provisions that relate to a range of matters including: the Council’s structure, functions,…
Environmental effects
Major marine infrastructure can create positive economic and social benefits, through enabling transport and trade, and facilitating public access to, and enjoyment of, the marine environment. At the same time, because of the large scale of many of these projects,…
International obligations
New Zealand does not have full sovereignty beyond 12 nautical miles but relies on rights gained under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (“UNCLOS”) to regulate activities in the area covered by the EEZ Act.…
National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land
Overview
The National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land (NPS HPL) came into effect on 17 October 2022. It aims to improve the way highly productive land is managed under the Resource Management Act 1991.
To do this, it directs…