August 2013 RM Journal
A Call for Regional Leadership: Why regional policy statements must enable social, cultural and economic wellbeing
Bal Matheson, Partner, Russell McVeagh
“Praise the return of the National Development Act” trumpets one commentator; “lament the demise of the Environmental Protection Act” bemoans another. The proposed amendments to sections 6 and 7 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA or the Act) have again brought into focus the raison d’être of the RMA. The purpose of the RMA is sustainable management and this concept, at its core, comprises elements of both social, cultural and economic development and environmental protection.
