Submissions

LGNZ welcomes the review  of New Zealand’s waste and recycling systems. Standardising recycling and improving collection systems across the motu will respond to a number of concerns and opportunities that have been raised in the Local Government Waste Manifesto and by communities.

Managing carbon farming incentivesThe Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) is proposing changes to better manage carbon farming that could see future permanent plantings of exotic forests like radiata pine excluded from the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Ministry for the Environment’s
proposals for transforming recycling systems in Aotearoa.  

The Government is consulting on their proposals to Transform Recycling in Aotearoa New Zealand.

LGNZ and Taituarā submission on Taumata Arowai’s proposed Drinking Water Standards and Network Environmental Performance Measures.

Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Ministry for the Environment’s
2021 discussion paper Transforming Aotearoa New Zealand’s resource management
system: Our future resource management system.

Local Government New Zealand’s submission on NEMA’s targeted engagement with regional and local authorities about modernising the Emergency Management Framework.

The Future of the Health System: Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill 2021

Local Government New Zealand’s submission on Te hau mārohi ki anamata – Transitioning to a low-emissions and climate-resilient future.

Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Government’s Bill proposing to amend the Resource Management Act 1991 to rapidly accelerate the supply of housing where the demand for housing is high.

Local Government New Zealand’s submission to the Inquiry on the Natural and Built Environments Bill: Parliamentary Paper.