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Section 7 - Other Matters
Section 7 of the Resource Management Act sets out "other matters" which persons exercising functions and powers under the Act must "have particular regard to".
In achieving the purpose of this Act, all persons exercising functions and powers under it,…
New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010
The NZCPS contains a number of policies relevant to aquaculture developments and operations. These policies attempt to strike an effective balance between providing for such activities in the coastal environment and ensuring that important natural resources and community and cultural…
Case Studies
Statutory planning - Auckland Unitary Plan
The Unitary Plan (operative in part) is Auckland’s planning “rulebook”, setting out where and how the city grows in the future. The Unitary Plan replaced the former regional policy statement and regional and district…
National Policy Documents
New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy
The current Biodiversity Strategy 2020 - ‘Te Mana o te Taiao’ – was launched in August 2020. It sets a strategic framework for 2020-2050 for protection, restoration, and sustainable use of biodiversity in Aotearoa, particularly of indigenous…
Case Study - South Taranaki Bight iron sand extraction
Iron sands are the largest known reserve of metalliferous ore in New Zealand. Iron sand is a general term for sand-sized grains of heavy iron-rich minerals, principally magnetite (Fe3O4), titanomagnetite (Fe2TiO3), and ilmenite (FeTiO3). New Zealand’s iron sands occur extensively…
Schedule 5 - Approvals relating to Resource Management Act 1991
Schedule 5 provides specific requirements in relation to resource consents and other approvals relating to the Resource Management Act 1991.
Information requirements: Referral applications
In addition to general information requirements in the Act, specific information is required to be provided…
Potential effects
The growth and expanding influence of marine recreation and tourism is now well recognised in New Zealand. For example, NIWA noted (in 2012) that ecotourism is a growing industry in the nearshore waters around New Zealand and is already starting…
Agencies
Marine management in New Zealand is split amongst multiple management agencies with overlapping roles and responsibilities as set out in the table. The role and responsibility of each agency in the marine environment is provided in more detail under the…
Case Study
Protected areas established under the RMA
The Court of Appeal in Attorney-General v Trustees of the Motiti Rohe Moana Trust (Motiti) confirmed that regional councils can impose restrictions on fishing activity for a defined and narrow purpose, that is “to…
Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act
The Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 (“the Settlement Act”) was enacted to recognise the special relationship between the Whanganui River and Whanganui iwi - an association of three ancestral groups: Hinengāku of the upper river, Tama…