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Government - Resource Management

ACT The Liberal Party Rodney Hide

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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Jeanette Fitzsimons

Support the use of the RMA to identify and protect important habitats on private land against over cultivation, over fertilisation, intensive stocking rates, infilling of aquatic habitats and wetlands, and inappropriate flood defences
Uphold the original principles of the RMA – environmental protection and public participation
Increase environmental legal aid so that citizens’ groups can take part in RMA cases with good legal, planning and scientific advice
Develop National Policy Statements and National Environmental Standards, to set environmental bottom lines with councils able to set higher standards where appropriate

New Zealand Labour Party Hon Pete Hodgson

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Maori Party Tariana Turia Not
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National Party of New Zealand Dr Richard Worth

[Will] streamline and simplify the day-today workings of the RMA by introducing to Parliament a bill to reform the RMA
The legislation will include removing the ministerial veto over consents, reducing the number of consent categories, and putting an end to frivolous and vexatious objections

New Zealand First Rt Hon Winston Peters

Further enhance the value of the pre-hearing phase by empowering councils to ensure that necessary attendance of relevant parties, that specific and agreed timelines be established, and that the necessary evidence for the hearings phase be established
Amend the RMA to set out a process allowing the combining of several local body jurisdictions for one consent process in clearly defined circumstances
Repeal clause 8 of section 2 and remove reference to the 'principles of Treaty of Waitangi' from this legislation
Amend definitions, particularly the terms used in clause 6(e), relating to 'spirituality' which, as a matter of personal conscience, has no place in resource consents

Progressive Coalition Hon Jim Anderton Streamline RMA processes and ensure nationwide best practice is adopted for consent processing so that the key goals of environmental protection and development are not seen as contradictory
United Future New Zealand Hon Peter Dunne

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You can find the policy positions of more parties by checking these websites.
Alliance New Zealand
Democrats for Social Credit
Direct Democracy Party
Libertarianz
The Republic Party of New Zealand

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