Improving RMA Policy Making: Prescription for Reform

Author: Alan Dormer, Barrister and Vaughan Payne, Waikato Regional Council

The Waikato Region, like a number of New Zealand regions, is facing significant pressure to manage competing interests to use, develop and protect natural and physical resources. These competing interests typically manifest in submissions and appeals on policy under the Resource Management Act (RMA) – no matter how collaborative the policy making process has been.

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