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Nick Leggett: The importance of sustainability
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Act fires up over Labour's refusal to define mātauranga
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Fed Farmers hosting roadshow on 'waffley' RMA reform
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“Our concerns about the process are valid.”
RMA war heads towards final battle
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Investigations extended to scrutinise Cyclone Gabrielle forestry slash
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Damaged wetlands and an unusual jail sentence: Appeal court sees risk of a miscarriage of justice
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Opinion: Submissions expose horrors of David Parker’s RMA reform proposals
Law reform proposals have been a long time in the making.
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RMA overhaul to narrow anti-social housing objections
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Ross Copland: Everyone has a role to play in infrastructure
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'It’s about time': Experts respond to RMA reform, speeding up consents process
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David Parker’s RMA reform merges 100 plans into 15, saving $150m a year
More than 100 plans will be reduced to just 15 in reforms saving millions in consent costs
The end of the Resource Management Act: Here's what happens next
The Government finally releases its RMA replacement today.
Parker not keen on Waitangi Tribunal co-governance suggestion
The Govt will not adopt the Waitangi Tribunal's suggestion of planning co-governance.
Homeowner wins battle to prove cracks caused by neighbouring road construction
Homeowner proves roller building road caused more than $20,000 damage to his floors.
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Former Mayor says illegal rubbish fire was not his doing
Driver dumps sewage in protected stream instead of facility so he can go home
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Budget 2022: Property hits and misses
Scrapping loan restrictions will help more first home buyers.
Budget experts deliver their verdicts: Missed opportunities and no plan for growth
We asked political insiders from across the spectrum to give us their take.
Details revealed of mining company's tunnels under conservation land
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Auckland Council appeals against Waiheke Island 'chirping crickets' noise case
The vineyard blamed ambient noise from chirping crickets for a 2018 noise breach.
Waiheke Island vineyard seeks six-figure legal costs from Auckland Council
The vineyard is seeking about $300,000 in legal costs.