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The highly controversial Conservation Amendment Bill as originally worded provided for more commercial activity on the Conservation Estate. The Harbour Trust in a joint submission with the Guardians of Pāuatahanui Inlet and many others opposed this and argued that conservation protection ought to be the primary objective and commercial activities must not compromise the environmental…

The Trust and GOPI made joint submissions to the Environment Select Committee in February 2026 on the above Bills. These two Bills will replace the Resource Management Act 1991. Our organisations are very concerned that unless the Bills are changed to include clear, enforceable and precautionary environmental limits that growth of the built environment will…

The NZ Parliament Environment Committee is calling for public submissions on the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill. The bill would amend the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024. The bill seeks to:

Under Local Water Done Well, the Government has said the way we manage water services (drinking water, wastewater and stormwater) in Aotearoa needs to change. This is the most important decision we’ll make for our city in decades – we need to change the way water services are delivered in our region, and we want…

Proposed Plan Change 1 to the Natural Resources Plan (PC1) is currently paused effective from 26 June 2025. The plan change process will resume when there is greater certainty on the direction of the amended National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (which may be post-Cabinet decisions and prior to gazettal).