Business / Environment

Transforming the Resource Management Act

09:08 am on 25 July 2019

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The Government has tasked itself with overhauling the Resource Management Act - but what could a transformed RMA look like?

The law is often blamed for excessive and complex delays to housing planning and development.

The Government yesterday launched a "comprehensive overhaul" of the Act to better protect the environment and make it easier to build houses.

Kathryn speaks with John Tookey, a professor of construction development at AUT, and Gary Taylor from the Environmental Defence Society.

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