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Non-regulatory Methods
Non-regulatory methods There are various non-regulatory methods which may be employed, along with appropriate regulatory provisions, to promote high quality environmental management. The following sections outline a number of non-regulatory methods, with a focus on biodiversity and coastal management. Transfer…
Te Urewera Act
Te Urewera Act 2014 Te Urewera is an area of mostly forested, sparsely populated rugged hill country in the North Island of New Zealand, much of it in the northern Hawke's Bay Region, and some in the eastern Bay of…
Information Principles and Adaptive Management
Information principles The EEZ Act requires that the EPA make full use of its powers to request information, obtain advice, and commission reviews or reports when considering an application for marine consent. This places a positive obligation on the EPA…
Forests
New Zealand’s forest ecosystems support a diverse array of flora and fauna. Today, indigenous forest is found mainly at higher altitudes; much of what remains in coastal and lowland areas is in small and isolated fragments . Logging and land…
Matters of national significance
The Minister may ‘call in’ a matter The Minister for the Environment may ‘call in’ the decision making process for resource consents, plans (including changes and variations), matters relating to regional policy statements, and notices of requirement for designations or…
Participating in the Plan Change Process
How to review a proposed policy statement or plan If you have been notified of a proposed policy statement or plan you will need to decide whether or not to lodge a submission. You will need to review the document…
RMA framework
The Resource Management Act defines renewable energy as "energy produced from solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, and ocean current sources". Duties and restrictions Section 9 of the RMA prohibits the use of land in a manner that contravenes…
Mechanisms to protect marine areas
There are many types of spatially-defined marine areas, which can be created under statute in New Zealand, and which may constitute marine protected areas. These include marine reserves, marine mammal sanctuaries, areas closed to selected fishing methods, marine parks, areas…
Freshwater Bodies
Freshwater bodies New Zealand’s fresh water bodies include glaciers, snow, rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, springs and aquifers and groundwater. Rivers A ‘river’ is defined in the RMA as ‘a continually or intermittently flowing body of fresh water; and includes a…
Marine Minerals
Marine mining can cause a range of both direct and indirect impacts on the marine environment. Some of these potential impacts are insignificant and/or reversible. But others are potentially significant and could cause irreversible impacts on different components of the…