Government ministers will have a "disturbing" ability to intervene in resource consents and diminish the role of the Environment Court, Opposition members have warned at the release of new Government reforms.

A few weeks ago, an injured kaka was rescued from a Queen St gutter and is now in a new home at the Auckland Zoo.

A record Resource Management Act fine has been handed out to an Auckland landscaping company for dumping contaminated fill,

Port of Tauranga is signalling another record profit and is frustrated at a new Maori court challenge.

The Maori King and the Prime Minister drew the battle lines, with the former saying "Maori'' and the latter saying "No One''. Today, two legal academics explore the deep currents that lie beneath each claim.

Major political parties' lack of policies to redress our love affair with housing has bred frustration in economic circles.

Act Party Leader Don Brash has used Nazi analogies to attack local body bureaucrats.