The Labour Party says it will support the Government's resource management reforms at the first hurdle.
The long-awaited Resource Legislation Amendment Bill will get its first reading in Parliament this week.
Labour's Environment spokesman David Parker said this afternoon that the party would vote for it to progress to a select committee.
"We've always said we would support a sensible bill," he said.
Labour decided to reverse its opposition to the reforms after the Government abandoned changes to the environmental protections in the Resource Management Act (RMA).